baby chick 0-1 week old and up

the first picture is a normal healthy baby chick but the second picture, i don’t know what I’m dealing with like the legs don’t look spraddle or is it so i gotta ask, what i’m dealing with and how to treat it also the baby chick is about a day old.

Help! My week old baby chick is a little too attached to me! I love her so much, but she hates being in brooder. She panics, paces and cries if I leave the room. She just wants to be held 24/7. I’m loving it, but I’m going away for a few days at the end of the month and I want her to be ok and...

Just some pictures of the new flock. 4 Lavender Orps 4 Guinea Hens (1 pearl, 2 pied, 1 blue coral)

Hello friends, I'm a new chicken mama and just added 6 babies: a Barnevelder, Buff Orpington, GLW, SLW, BCM, and Columbian Wyandotte. Got them from Meyer Hatchery a week ago. They are 8 days old now and seem to be thriving. I made a brooder out of a large dog crate, cardboard, and hardware...

Just bought six straight run chicks from Tractor supply. 3 breeds mixed together but I can identify one for certain. I have 11 adult hens, 1 adult rooster and 1 adolescent rooster already. They are obviously kept separate from the chicks with no issues so far. I’ve never raised chicks and need a...

My granddaughter and I went and got fourchicks today. They are not the Easter eggers we are waiting for, they will be here next week. We got 4 sapphire gems. They are so cute. I’m like a new mother hen I’m so nervous. This is my first time with chicks. I’ve always got them at about 12-14 weeks...

Hi all, Just got two new baby chicks to add to our flock they are in the brooder and only four days old. One is thriving but I am becoming concerned for the other she is constantly sleeping and today has started showing minimal to no interest in food. I have given her some electrolytes in hopes...

How long do i give them this for? I was wondering if i can give it to them till they’re able to eat layer feed. Should i manage how much my 3 day old chicks eat? Or do i just let them eat however much they want?

Hi everyone, I just received a bantam mix from Meyer Hatchery on Tuesday 11/2 and this little cutie (I’m pretty sure she’s a mottled Cochin) was doing great the first day but yesterday she was barely walking around and never ate on her own. In the afternoon I got her to drink some...

Hi My name is Penny and currently NZ is in lockdown and I live on an island where farm supplies and livestock food needs to be freighted in. My Silkie, Houdini, has been sitting on eggs for 21 days now and the baby chicks are just about to hatch but I don’t have any starter crumble for them. Can...

My chick is 8 days old. It is smaller than the rest and can be very loud. He had feathers but not much. He has struggles with walking as the umbilical cord got wrapped around his leg bu I managed to pry it off so hopefully he will improve. Do you reckon that there is another issue because he...

Hello everyone, Today we heard cheeping under our hen (who had been sitting on eggs for some time) we lifted her up to find one dead chick (very sad :( and upsetting) but another that was just popping out of its shell. We watched it come out and it was falling everywhere over the other eggs so...

I have 3 bantam silkies that are about a week old in a brooder about 3.5ft×1ft, I am using a heat lamp, and I noticed they are huddling in a corner. I know that when they are lumped together it usually means they are cold, but they are not sitting directly under the light. Unfortunately, I do...

I have a 6 day old chick struggling with wry neck. She has been struggling since day one. Been giving her raw yolk and water with some honey. I can get some rooster booster down her but she's very bad about anything with vitamins mixed in it. If I drop it onto her beak she flings her head and it...

I’m back with my 5th question. These tiny fluffs have been a source of constant worry. I have one chick that is a lot smaller than the rest, and isn’t very good at eating. She will just stand and stare at the food and maybe peck at it once or twice, while the rest of the chicks are just...

Hi guys I really need some urgent help! I have just found one of my little chicks sitting on the ground with one wing hanging and having difficulty walking, when my little chick does try to move, she/he stumbles to the same side of the open hanging wing, I have gotten it to drink but not eat as...

I have found 3 baby chicks without their mom, they were all wet and upside down but I saw their bellies breathing, they were all wet (it rained last night). I got them at home in the box and tried feeding them (not sure how...) I do not have any experience raising them and my husband is not...

My broody hens sat on fertilised eggs and hatched 5 chicks. 4 are loved and happy with their mummy hens. Today, I found the fifth abandoned. I tried to put it under the australorp hen but she wouldn't have a bar of it and the other broody hen turned her back. It lacked energy so I picked it up...

So I gave my baby chicks worms and they absolutely loved them! Anyway, on of my black silkies ate a full worm it took her ages to eat it and the worm kept on coming back up and down her throat. We were very worried and thought she was choking. Her head was up and was trying to swallow it. Now...