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This chick hatched about 8 hours ago. One of the legs is stuck up. It is trying to stand and cannot. Is there a way to fix this? The toes are all fully developed.

Hello all, I've got 7 new chicks that I moved to their brooder a couple hours ago. After a few minutes, they were all clustered in one corner. I thought it was because the lamp I have was too hot for them, so I raised it a little bit. This continued a few times and now they are still pretty...

Hi all! I’m new to BYC, however, I’ve been looking up amazing advice here since 2014. We are a family of four and like many, started with 6 chicks and ending up with 20, lol. Well, last week we received our first ever shipped chicks, 16 of them (to meet the minimum of course). We ordered...

Hello all! Our girly just hatched 6/7 eggs (rejected the last one) and they’re up and walking about the coop. The other hens don’t seem to mind them and neither does the rooster, thank god!! My question is, our coop is raised off the ground by probably 2 feet or so with a ramp with small...

I ask so many questions but i just love it here! So anyways, back in April i bought 4 chicks, a EE, serema, frizzle cochin (bantam i think), and a frizzle, who are around 9 weeks old now. A few days ago I brought home 2 more chicks, a tetra tint and a bantam cochin who are also 9 weeks. I didn’t...

Here are some pics of the new bunch we don’t name a lot of them but they end up with names as they show personality

This morning a teacher at my school noticed a chick with legs kicking and stuck in its shell so she assisted him out; its leg now shows an injury and there is a bulge with black sticking out between its legs: is this a slightly out of line anus that I can easily clean, or do you think it is...

Noticed this poop tonight on my nightly check. It’s from my new chick that I got a week ago. She’s 9 weeks old. It’s got red in it and I’m not sure if that’s healthy or not? What’s your thoughts?

Hi, my Buff Orpington went broody so I decided to let her sit on some eggs. We started with 2 eggs June 12, I added another June 14, then 3 more appeared in her nest over the next couple of days- I got smart at that point and marked all the eggs that were in the nest at that time. Eggs were...

We just got a box of chicks 4 days ago. Everyone is healthy, active and eating and drinking well. Any idea on breed identification? I had them out of the brooder for a few minutes of sunshine. (They do not have pine shavings in their brooder. I was watching them closely regarding chip...

Hi, my 7th chick has hatched. It’s two days old now. It hatched in the evening and spent the night in the incubator. I moved to a small brooder next morning and it was chirping like crazy then it pooped and there was a ton of blood with it. It was jellied too. Drinking and eating normal and...

Hi chicken parents! We had a hatching last night that has a deformed leg. It is as if it will not bend to get the leg forward. Other than that this chick is healthy and able to hop around on one leg unlike hatchlings that are not able to function properly and are unhealthy once hatched. This...

Cinnamon, one of my speckled sussex babies, seemed odd when we brought her home. The other three chicks would be running around, but Cinnamon just flopped over to sleep. At first we just joked about her being lazy, but after a couple days I realized something was wrong with her. I checked and...

The sheen on the feathers makes the little guy look silver

I work at Tractor Supply and this chick came in today, and my manager allowed me to take her/him home to try and care for it (by the way it's my first time trying to care for a special needs chick), as no one else would/were able to. I have given the chick plenty of water, and have tried to get...

My chicks have hatched! I’m hoping someone could help me!! All less than 18 hours old. The the hens that layed these are a brown layer from a hatchery, not sure on the breed they are just called browns but they are sexable as yellow cockerels and red hens at hatching. The rooster parent is a...

Hey! So I'm about to be a parent of a few day old Rhode Island White chicks and a Pekin duck. I just wanted to hop on here and ask for some basic advice. I know the chicks should have a heat lamp of around 99-100 degrees the first few days, so what is the best lamp y'all have used? And what...

Hi all! I’m a new chick owner and I have a bit of a concern. I noticed one of our chicks was pecking under her wing, when I went to look there appeared to be a rash. I tried to look it up but most other threads had dried blood involved and we don’t.i have attached a picture for reference. She...

Hi all! I want to start off by saying this is my first time raising chicks in over 10 years, and I’m pretty rusty. The chicks seem to be doing pretty good, sleeping a lot, fluffing bedding, and chirping. No water drinking yet, but they have investigated it and been shown. There’s six bantam...

Hi, all! Just got my new bebe’s this morning. One chick has a bald spot and goes into these loud chirping/scratching fits. Wondering if anyone can tell me what’s going on and what to do? Thanks for your help. Itchy chick 1 Itchy chick 2 Like, she’s brand new... hatched on Monday... picked...