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Hey guys! At the end of February I snuck some day old silver laced Wyandotte chicks under my broody silkie and they have been doing great. They have been in a broody pen where the other chickens can see them constantly since day 1 and the chicks turned 5 weeks old today. I am trying to merge...

Hi! Out of all the fertile eggs I had shipped to me (10days stuck in transit) one egg made it and hatched yesterday! It is a white crested black polish and I guess is still in the process of fluffing up lol. I know you can’t really feather sex these guys but if I were to try I would say the...

Hi! I decided I want to add a few polish hens to my flock so I ordered some shipped hatching eggs (In the past I have had up to a 80% hatch rate but I know it depends). The eggs are supposed to be here within the next 5-8 days but I don't know exactly when yet. I have been tracking how often my...

As some of you may know I have a disabled duck in my Pen with a permanently gimpy leg. Because of this I decided to make a bachelor pad for my drakes so they wouldn’t hurt her when mating. Anyways, a few weeks ago I moved the males into their run and they were doing great until tonight. Donald...

Hello, My 2 month old magpie duck has been limping for the past 5 days and I am not experienced enough to differentiate this as regular trauma vs a slipped tendon. Background: I once had gotten three magpie ducklings and had them in a mini coop in my duck run. When they were 6 days old my 5...

Hi. Earlier this week I had woken up to find that the 5-week old ducklings undid the latch to the 1-week-old duckling pen. I was horrified to see 2 of my new magpie ducklings on the ground necks snapped but the third miraculously survived. When I examined her I noticed that her leg was severely...

Hi! I recently got some Muscovy ducklings from a from a friend due to a poor hatch rate with my Ancona ducklings (only 1 hatched). I am curious to see if you guys have any guesses on if any are female or not. They just turned 4 weeks old. I have attached some pictures below. The one with the...

Hi again guys! I decided to hatch a few more silkies a while ago and one of them has been having issues. He is a runt, currently 3weeks old and a cockerel (dna test). During the hatching process he needed a full assist, his yolk sac was absorbed in everything but he was positioned wrong. On day...

Hi! So I originally dna sexed all of my silkies and supposedly the ones I have now are all female. However, there is one chick I am a bit confused on. She has developed her wattle a bit earlier that the others and has been making odd sounds. It’s not a crow or a chirp, honestly it is in the...

Hello, I noticed one of my one week old silkie chicks has been acting odd today. She is spending more time crouched and under the brooder rather than running around with the others. After analyzing her, I didn’t notice any lesions or diarrhea around the vent. I have a picture of her most recent...