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I'm feeling like we've had a tough year birds wise, but my husband assures me that we really haven't. We've lost 4 adult hens that were some favorites in there, one fell from rafters, one fell in the old feeder, and two died I believe due to something they ate or maybe being egg bound but they...

thanks for sharing, it actually really does make me feel a bit better knowing it does happen even if it's just a freak accident :-/

Thanks everybody <3 we've never had an animal so hurt it had to be put down. I'm going to have to decide now what to do with the cross beak and the maybe cross beak... I've never had any survive ... Of the 3 we've ever had but I feel wretched about it... Same reason I've assisted some hatches; I...

So my husband was mowing by the cockerel cages and we had 33 mix breed cockerels in there separated by chicken wire and there are 2 separate coops. While he was going past one spooked and jumped through the wires and the he's 5 weeks the others are 4 months, so at least 1/2 the size and he...

Hi, sorry no pips yet but be patient, you never know what pops out days later, I had a few hatch day 24 this year and I was just glad I left them in there. I found one yesterday hatches can take a few days but there's no saying that you can't get all late hatchers!

Interesting! I feel like I should keep this one here, I want to see what's up. Amusingly the chicks mostly seem to be fairly identical for each mix... Can't wait till they grow out

Ok so I love a good mystery but also they annoy me... I've got this little chick I just found in the hatcher that is brown and has a rose comb I think... The options for parents being silver penciled rock dad and Sussex, rock, orp or dom,,, I am having a hard time figuring how a dom has a brown...

Looks like you've got it all under control! Perhaps post a picture of the chick when it fluffs up :) congrats on seeing a problem and finding a solution that's always a good thing!

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Ok so for fun~ the chicks in question~ Dad is my silver penciled rock that i just such a sweetie, moms are speckled Sussex and white rock and theoretically my buff Orpington but she goes broody at the drop of a hat so I can't say she's the parent of any of these for sure and I don't think she...

Just be careful, you're usually ok as long as there isn't any blood. If you see blood stop and let it clot before moving on. I've had to do a few assists, one was this morning for a chick that had gotten the membranes around it's face and wing sort of stuck but everything else was fine it was...

For sure then I agree with the diagnosis of coccidiosis. Likely without corid or sulfet... Something.,. They'll be dead in a week. Do you have a thermometer you can use to check the temperature in either side of your bin? Maybe your parents would lend you something from the kitchen? You'd wash...

Good morning all! Well I have 13!!! Eggs that still haven't hatched but I thought they looked like maybe they weren't all developing or at the same rate and I didn't check they were actually doing anything in 4 so I'm not sure what to do but I did open it to take them out and I put in new paper...

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. What temp are they at in the brooder and when they stand in the brooder how do they look. Are they hanging their heads or tails down, are the drinking a lot or not at all, are they eating, are they laying around with their feathers all puffed up, do they sleep under...

How are you keeping the chicks now? Are they feeling any better? I haven't been on much and am rooting for them!

Hehe no there are 2 whole ones ;)

I don't think they will do very well no. I actually just went into my dry cool temp controled basement and turned off the heaters and lights for a bit because it's so hot out. I hat chicks from today to 8 weeks old and they all looked very warm. They perked up and I adjusted and set everything...

good morning everyone! We have 7 new chicks!! Looks like they're all from my silver penciled rock rooster and the black ones are from a dom hen, the brown ones from Sussex and the gray one I think has my white rock for a mum. The one still has stuff stuck to it's head but they were climbing...

Oh I love rir my neighbor keeps them and they're just lovely! We have 18+ cockerels for sure so far not counting anything younger than a week... I feel ya... oh those are great breeds! We are closer to Ithaca :) beautiful options here <3 yes mutts are excellent!! I haven't kept most of...