Hatching winter chicks.

[Athiena14]

Is it drinking on its own...following a beak dip in the waterer and it's hatch mates example?
Eating on it's own from crumbles sprinkled on the floor of brooder?

Not yet. I've tried to put it in the brooder with the rest and it gets ran over cause it's still trying to walk with the bandage. Ive been using a cue tip to give it water. About to put food in front to see if itll eat

 

[aart]

Not yet. I've tried to put it in the brooder with the rest and it gets ran over cause it's still trying to walk with the bandage. Ive been using a cue tip to give it water. About to put food in front to see if itll eat

Maybe fence off part of brooder and put at least one chick in with this one.
I don't see a bandage?

 

[Athiena14]

My first makeshift bandage. Of course I didnt think about not doing red XD I'll try that though and see if that helps

 

[Athiena14]

First copper meran mix chick

 

[aart]

Is this the second 'batch'? Both the marans and the crippled chick?

 

[Athiena14]

Is this the second 'batch'? Both the marans and the crippled chick?

The cripple chick was last of the first batch. It hatched out later with its second chick. The meran is from the second batch

 

[aart]

Do you have separate brooders or at least heat sources(in a split brooder) for each group? Might help to put the cripple chick in with a fresh hatchling.

 

[Athiena14]

I can put it in with the newer ones

 

[Momof3teens]

These are our three babies. Can we tell this soon if they are pullets? The first one is the Lavender orpington rooster with the Buff hen chick.

The other two are barred rock chicks. Let me know what you think

 

[aart]

Can we tell this soon if they are pullets?

'Feather sexing' only works on a very specific breed or cross,
and not many of them...
...not sure of the details, you'll have to do some research.