I had 9 chicks still in a brooder in my garage that have had no issues till last night. I noticed that a few of them had large bulging crops so I felt them and gave them coconut oil water and put them in a tote with just water over night. Well their crops are fine now but now they are pooping...
I bought 8 French cuckoo Marans from tractor supply. 3 are a dark black color and 5 are a light gray color. Does the color identify them as male and female? I know one already has a bigger comb than the rest and is more than likely a roo.
I have a silkie chick I got from tractor supply Monday and I noticed today it’s been standing in one spot head down. It doesn’t run when I pick it up but it does get lively and wants back on the ground. It doesn’t lay down either.
I have a silkie chick I got from tractor supply Monday and I noticed today it’s been standing in one spot head down. It doesn’t run when I pick it up but it does get lively and want back down on the ground.
Every spring for about 3 or 4 years now I get new chicks to add to my flock. I’ve never had this problem with the new baby chicks from the farm store having poopy butts. Is this a normal thing or is there something causing it.
This is my third time trying to hatch our eggs and the second hatch I got one egg and it had veins all over the egg at day 10. Today is day 10 for this third hatch and I had all but 1 that were duds. The one egg that is developing is odd. I can see the baby and a good airsac but there are only...