babies

I have 7 week old chicks, we live in Maine and the temps outside are now around 50-60 degrees F during the day and around 40 degrees F at night. Is this a safe temp to move them outside? The are fully feathered and we tested some time outside today. When I went outside to check on them before...

So I just hatched a batch of 22 chicks, 19 made it to hatch and then yesterday one of the chicks started acting weird in the brooder. It was in the incubator about 12 hours before I moved it to the brooder. After about an hour in the brooder I noticed it was weak and panting and also seemed to...

Our 2 silkies hatched 4 little RIR (rooster) x white leghorn chicks. I’m really excited to see what these babies will look like. The ACTUAL mamas refused to sit on their eggs. I heard something about hens genetics being messed with so they won’t sit on their eggs. Is that true? Post pictures of...

I have an egg from a batch of 6 that hasn’t hatched yet. All the other eggs finished yesterday and I’m just wondering if this one isn’t alive anymore. I finally decided to candle it this morning to check for movement and didn’t see anything. Any thoughts on if I should just call it quits or give...

Good morning, A friend brought me a few quail eggs(eggs varied from dark brown to some having black cow print patterns on white shells🙈🤷🏼‍♀️) I’ve had chickens for a couple years but first time ever for quail… 13 hatched healthy and all look the same.they are almost 3 weeks old. I believe they...

Hi everyone! I'm a new chick mama(6wks in) who's been getting amazing info and guidance from BYC since the beginning! I thought I would join the lovely community now. :frow (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm still pretty new and have a 3 week old that hatched...

Well...Good Friday was the day! Two of my ducks hatched! Six am and 8am. I was completely intrenched and barely took my eyes off the incubator. This was my first time hatching and I was such a nervous wreak about it that I forgot to feed the dogs that morning! I couldn't believe it. No...

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I spend most of my time in the Quail forums and forget to come over here. We Incubated 120 of our quail eggs. We were excited as we have bought the last 2 sets of 120 eggs from Myshire Farms. This set was completely from our adult birds. We laid down 120 eggs and only candled on lockdown day. we...

Hey y'all. I'm so glad ya r here. My Muscovy Drake, Mr scovy, and the love of his life, mo, (yes she's a hen, but the top of her head looks like mo from the 3 stooges 🤷🏻‍♀️) have been with us for about 2 years. The first year they were in lots, the 2nd year we turned em loose and let them...

Why are my 8 week old chickens holding themselves like this? Back hunched, tail feathers down. The yellow one stood like that yesterday and was dead by this morning. Today, my olive egger is standing the same way. I attached a picture of my chicken with normal posture for comparison. I don’t...

Hey the last two hatches I did in my Brinsea Incubator have hatched early day 19 and 20. I didn't think about the temperature possibly being wrong till it reached day 21 and no pips. Found out the temperature has been sitting about 35.8 Degrees Is there still a chance they will hatch? I'm...

My eggs will be arriving soon. My question to you, is what are the top three things you wished you had from the start?

We woke up to 3 little babies running around, game hen and silkie mix. The mama seems to know what she’s doing, however we are concerned whether or not we need to step in. Should we keep babies with mama seperate with chick starter and water… or let her stay out with them and do their thing? I...

I actually had the pleasure of my Cayuga to a Ancona. The original mate was lost to either a raccoon or fox, and I ventured into a different breed for the new mate. I came across Willow, my Ancona, and got her for Waldo, my Cayuga. I had a game hen hatch the babies for me, and they hatched this...

12 Little Khaki Campbells arrived today (Pic #1). Spent the morning redoing all that I had planned to do in the brooder. Stuff like the height of the bowls, height of the cave, placement of the stuff. They're still a little frazzled from the long ride,, so I'm letting them settle in before I go...

I have 25 3/4 week old quail. They are currently in my barn. I'd like to move their quail tractor onto grass next week. Should I put them on probiotic water this week? I don't want them to catch anything and become sick. My chickens free range. I know chickens can carry diseases that are fatal...

i believe these eggs to be 17 days old, no signs of life anymore during candling.. does the float test show signs of life or no?

They should hatch tomorrow. We have 53 eggs and we can't keep them at school after Friday. We will gladly give them away to anyone who wants them. They came from two different farms - one in Corona and the other in Mariposa.

My first ever baby chicks have arrived and I'm in love. Rhode Island Reds! And a short clip.... My babies have arrived!