Recent content by DemeterAD9

Yeah that looks like a quitter. I’d remove it.

If that ends up being the case I’d be stoked but for 8 week old chicks I don’t think combs and waddles would be that red if they were females. Plus the yellow EE with the red shoulders patches which I thought indicated male. I’ll have to grab photos of the two for-sure girls, their combs are...

Updated 8 week old photos of some. Chicks 1 and 2 are definitely boys. The yellow and red one is currently the nicest while the blue one is a bit rough with the pecking. Chick 4 is the biggest one so far, he and the frizzle female are the most timid. Chick 7, probably a roo but the comb and...

The little guys are doing well, had one more Jersey giant die on me but it was acting unwell so I'm not too surprised. I've scoured the internet to figure out what chick 5 and 6 are. Still unsure of what #5 is but #6 is looking more and more like a blue cuckoo maran. Time will tell, I'll be...

Are there any chicks that don’t have the bloody beaks? Looks like they might be picking at each other, I’d take a seat and watch them for a while to see if that’s the case. Otherwise it could be the feeder/waterer that has holes too small for their beaks.

If all the other ducklings have hatched and these two have stopped moving and chirping then they are likely goners. Chicks that are alive should respond to sound and touch when hatching out. I would suggest you pull the chick out the rest of the way in the first egg to see if it is alive and...

Is it squishy or hard? If you give it a squeeze done anything come out of an opening? Honestly looks more like a tumor to me, in which case you can't do much. At the very least I'd keep it clean and apply some sort of wound spray on it and make sure no maggots start popping up.

Picked up my order first thing Wednesday morning, due to unpredicted circumstances they had to sit there over night. A day and half in the box led to 8/20 DOA’s :( But here we are, with 12 little ones to care for and all but one seems to be doing splendidly. My order contained 6 black jersey...

It won't die without friends, just make sure you give it some special attention so it doesn't get too lonely until more chicks hatch.

I suggest you incubate them vertically fat end up, only start to turn them after 4 days by tilting them ~45 degrees this way and that while also rotating the egg 1/4 a turn. You can set them in egg cartons to incubate if you don't have a vertical incubator but you'll have to hand turn them...

Warm water should work fine. You can set the duckling right in a bowl of warm water and gently wipe it down. I used a soft toothbrush to help pull away the membrane on a chick. Return the baby to the incubator so it stays warm while it dries off.

Everyone is still kicking! The two problem chicks are doing better now but appear to be stunted. Here’s to hoping they are still able to grow into full size adults.

Both chicks are still alive! Little black one has somewhat straighter toes and the itty bitty white one is definitely not blind. Both are eating, drinking, pooping etc but both are definitely a bit stunted due to the rough start. While small, I think both will be okay now :) hopefully the white...

Well, I too let a paper wasp nest grow right above a door as it wasn’t doing anything aggressive and I appreciate the wasps eating the pesky garden catapillars. I walked out that door several times without issue from the wasps but one day it became an issue. It was hot as heck so I was only...

I would expect an air pocket under the skin to be somewhat mobile when squished around. It could be a ruptured air sac but it seems odd to have it in such a fresh chick. How is the chick today? Is the bubble still there?