2 day old chick

2 day old chicks, an Unexpected Journey. I was not planning on getting chicks yet, but here we are. They are in a 2'x6' brooder with a premier 1 heater plate. It is going to get down into the 30's the next couple of nights, but 66 degrees this afternoon as the wind shifted from the south. My...

I was curious if anyone knew what was going on here. 2 day old chick (from the worst hatch I've ever had and first time doing shipped eggs) has a squishy abdomen that is turning black under the skin. I couldn't find anything that matched when trying to search the internet-the closest was maybe...

Is it normal for her to be making a mess out of the coop. She’s not going to the run and leaving the babies so I’m assuming she’s trying to dig in there but she’s like almost swatting the babies. I have her worms which she got excited about hoping it will calm her down.

2 day old chick. Girl or Boy? HELP

I just finished hatching a bunch of Coturnix Quail chicks (hatched 17th-18th) and two of them seem to have a curled foot (both seem to be the left foot). This is the first hatch I have had with this egg source. In previous hatches of my own eggs I have only had a curled foot two to three times...

Hi, I have a 2 day old silkie chick that is having issues. I got two fertile silkie eggs from someone off Craigslist and let my silkie hen that was Brody hatch them. The first one is fine and is with the Brody hen the second one was rejected by the Brody hand so she was immediately brought in...