It's doing a lot better this mornings. Getting up and moving around in the incubator. It's mostly dry now.
Any suggestions how to clean it off? I would hate for it to now have issues with its vent it's it's dried over it
Hi all! I had a chick pip at 18 days and hatch almost 24 hours later. The pip had a little blood and liquid come out. It has been stuck on the shell and laying down since it hatched. I decided to take it out and very carefully remove the shell. Its leg had slightly dried and was unable to kick...
Today is lockdown and to my surprise standing in the kitchen I can hear cheeping! One egg already has an external pip!!
I have removed the turner and now the waiting begins
Sorry for the late reply!
I candle at day 7, 1 wasn't fertile and 11 doing well. I candeled yesterday 14 days 1 had stoped developing so I have 10 all going well.
I'm very happy with the progress and my kids are all excited to see them hatch
Hi all! Is it too early to try and sex my chicks? I'll list breed and ages below. Most are almost 6 weeks and one a few days older
I believe both the Ameraucanas are cockerels unsure about the rest. Interested to see what others think
1. Ameraucana, 5.5 weeks
2. Ameraucana, 5.5 weeks
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Thanks for the reply. I wasn't sure if he should be in sight of the other chicks or not.
The comb is what has made me think cockerel. I have another who's looks the same
since I've put it into the brooder everyone else has calmed down and the plucked chick has come out of hiding.
This is the trouble maker. As I said in my original post 5 week old Ameraucana. I'm leaning towards cockerel but still early. Any thoughts on sex?
Hi everyone. I have seven 5 week old baby chicks a few different breeds and all unsexed. Yesterday one of the Ameraucana started to pluck one of the specked Sussex chicks. I'll post a photo of the damage. I thought the brooder was to small and have moved them to the coop which is 3x5 so lots of...