day old chicks

1) partridge cochin, about 3 days old, just mailed to us 2) smaller, weaker, would burrow under others but seemed disoriented, bumping into brooder wall, open closing beak, sort of lunging head forward for a sec, keeps eyes closed most of the time (more so today), vent was blocked but I cleaned...

Like many of you, we are planning on growing our flock this year, but with all of the AI going around we are having second thoughts. Our first two batches of hens were bought from a local breeder/hatchery as pullets. However, we are looking to buy quite a few more (I know, chicken math) this...

Long story short, received 18 day-old chicks day before yesterday and yesterday one started laying around with its eyes closed, pooping white diarrhea, and refusing to eat or drink. We've been doing a lot of researching since then and the only thing that seems to match up with symptoms is...

DO NOT MESSAGE ME THROUGH BYC. I don’t get the messages. Email me at: [email protected] Small hobby breeder offering quality chicks from more Indonesian type Ayam Cemani. These have harder feathering and a more gamebird like stance. Not hatchery types that look like smooth feathered...

These guys were rescued from my neglectful neighbors flock, there are seven chicks, mixed heritage with some Silky in there. Good temperaments, hardy, and small! Probable roosters in this batch, please be certain you can have chickens where you live before responding!!! One chick has a super...

@MysteryChicken @casportpony @HappyClucker7 @TheOddOneOut @cherrynberry @Chickens are awsome Any successful methods of sexing day old chicks? Wing sexing? Ramble on! :pop

Ok need some pointers from experienced chicken farmers that have done this. I have 3 broody that have been sitting for about a month I tried everything to break them but no deal . So I broke down and put fake eggs and golf balls under them. I have been waiting for the feed store to get day...

Hello all! This will be my first year raising chickens. I currently have three hens: a showgirl silkie, a barred rock, and a welsummer. They are all about 1 year old. None have ever had chicks. In September I am receiving 16 days old chicks from Murray McMurray hatchery. The majority are red...

Hi please help, I’m getting some day old poults on Friday but I only managed to find turkey starter crumb at 21% and no coccidiostat. I have managed to order some to be delivered Tuesday from a different supplier at 26% protein and Coccidiostat will it be okay to switch when the feed arrives...

Hi..i ordered 10 silkies and they arrived usps today...one doa..one died within a few hours and now another is about to die an hour after that one( u can see it laying diwn in pic)..they have heat lamp (not too warm/cold)..! And access to electrolytes/vitamin water and food/mush. My 7 y o is...

Hi everyone! New chick mama... 😬 These girls are more nerve wracking then raising human babies 😂 I have created a mother heating pad set up. It’s 12 x 24... it’s 1.5 inches high in the back and 3.5 inches in the front. The ground under it is measuring 85-90 degrees depending on the height of...

tricky one here because I'm not sure if there is much we can do at this point. we got day old chicks from two different places on the same day. one claimed their chicks were vaccinated. the other place "didn't think so" but might have been vaccinated for mareks only... I read it might not be...

Looking for white Croad Langshan hatching eggs, day old chicks or young Pullets/roosters. Anyone out there have some? Please contact me. Thank you so much.

I'm getting 4 Frizzle chicks tomorrow from the feed store. Earlier while cleaning out the brooder cage(rabbit cage), I accidentally snapped part of the bottom so now I can't use it. Since it's getting warmer, will it be okay to put them outside with Mouse and the 6 3 week old chicks? Last year...

I removed the eggs and placed day old chicks under a hen who has been brooding for over 21 days. We placed them around 10 in the evening and 12 hours later , she is still sitting on the chicks. The chicks did eat and drink prior to being placed under her. How long before they need to eat and...

Willing to take a bit of a drive to get some chicks. Only want maybe 5 or 6 and shipping from the hatcheries that have them (and also throwing in splash birds) is really expensive. Would be willing to drive to you to buy some chicks or even some hatching eggs. Really only looking for blue...

I got an order from Cackle Thursday. Two blue silkies were DOA, then a third died Friday night. Also last night I found a blue polish with what must have been a broken neck. It was awful and I culled it immediately. Maybe she jumped on the heater plate and fell off on her head. I’m sad to have...

She is three days old and was sent as a Lakeshore Egger, but has anyone ever seen a black lakeshore egger? I am not sure as I have not seen many and hear they are all over the board, but this one even has furry legs. My friend's lakeshore egger does not have feathers on her legs at all. Any...

So, earlier today I bought a few ISA Browns from a local store chain. I've only been raising chickens now for a little less than a year, and I didn't have this problem with my first batch of chicks I bought, so I have no experience with it. On top of this, I have even less experience with...