chick help

  1. M

    Quail SOS

    Hello, This is my first time hatching out a lot of quail. I had one that fell into its water. The dish the water is in is a very low dish so they don’t drown. But one fell into it and got wet. It was placed in an incubator to warm up again and it seemed to be doing fine until I saw its...
    • Maka
    • Thread
    • baby quail injured chick #1 chick help help quail quail help save baby quail sos
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Quail
  2. M

    Might be too soon

    Hey there. I have a a little chick and I’m not sure the gender. He/she hatched on the 15th of July and is a speckled Sussex frizzle mix. (I’m so stoked about how this will look) I just wanted to know if anyone could tell. But I feel like maybe too soon?
  3. M

    Olive egger vs Green egger????

    Hey guys!!! I was at my local north 40 and I saw these chickens that they will have available soon. One day green egger and the other says olive. I was wondering what the difference is other than the look of the chicken! I am looking to add a second olive egger to the flock that lays a deep...
  4. B

    What is going on with my baby chick’s eye??

    My baby chick is four weeks old, a few days ago her left eye was extremely swollen it looked as if she scratched her lid right off. I’ve put Neosporin on it, it was looking better but today this red area/broken skin showed up looking worse than it’s ever been. Could it be she scratched it again...
    • bgage
    • Thread
    • baby chick baby chick eye chick help eye advice sick chick
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. President_ChickenGirl

    Chick with wry neck?

    I just got 8 ameraucana chicks, they are about 2 days old. One of them (the lightest gray in the pictures) eats and pecks around normally, but when it goes to drink, it tilts its head way far back and falls over almost every time. I looked it up and a few different things said it could be wry...
  6. Plushness

    Question of Concern: Chick Leaning When Laying Down

    I don't know how to best explain it, but the way I can explain it may give a good explanation as to what is happening to my baby chick. First off, I wish I had a pic, but as of writing, the chick seems to be standing just normally. Anyway, the chick in question looks to be growing their...
  7. Chickenwithnobrim

    Singular stressed chick

    Hello! So i just got 5 day old chicks yesterday and im brooding them in my room for two weeks before moving them outside and expanding the brooder. as soon as they got settled they became very quiet and happy, and very friendly. Darting in and out of the heat pad, eating a bunch and drinking...
  8. LiizardWiitch

    Help with chick thats hatching

    Hey there my hen decided after hatching 6 of her eggs that she's going to be crazy now. Something went wrong with the other chick due today and it's yolk didn't absorb right and momma hen neglected it as well and it passed. She's breaking open the shells for the babies though before they are...
  9. 6

    Weak Chick with Umbilical Cord

    I ordered 7 chicks from Mt. Healthy Hatchery, and they hatched either on 4/2/2022 or early 4/3/2022. They shipped on 4/3/2022, and I just received them today, 4/5/2022. They all are happy and healthy, except the extra chick, that Mt. Heathy included as a 2% margin for any chicks that might...
    • 628990
    • Thread
    • baby chick help chick health problems chick help chick with pasty butt chicks 1 day my chicks umbilical cord is still atached pasty butt sick chick sleepy chicken weak chicken weak chick
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  10. A

    Baby Chick's Momma Killed By A Dog. Advice?

    I have a five day old chick named Haebelle who was hatched by a broody chicken. My broody was an excellent mom and took her baby everywhere and taught her everything. Today my momma hen was attack and killed by a pit bull who broke into the coop and now little Haebelle keeps crying for her...
  11. R

    Help with 5 day old chick

    I'm new to raising chicks myself this year and currently have a flock of 6 that are around 5 days old, however one has taken a turn for the worse in the past 6 hours or so I had seen her eat and drink (water treated with Sav-a-Chick, she was pecking at the dry chick starter as well as the mash...
  12. E

    Young Chick, white with few black spots and gray legs/comb

  13. DatCrazyChickenLady

    Egg cracked or hatching? Help!

    Hello! We have been letting our hen hatch a few eggs and this morning one was super cracked and crushed- but the chick is alive. We haven’t been tracking it super closely- but the eggs should be hatching this week I think. Is the egg hatching or cracked, and what should I do? It’s been like this...
  14. MysticUniKitty

    Newly hatched chick wont stand!

    i think my chick that hatched last night either has splade leg or something else wrong with it's legs. I have an egg carton and some tiny rubber bands, so I'm trying to fashion the tiny cuff things but wanted to post for any other ideas of how to help my little chick.
  15. S

    Need Chick Help ASAP

    Hello, I have had an extremely difficult time with these chicks. My family has two hens in our backyard and one was broody but no rooster to make a baby. We got her some fertilized eggs from a farm near us, and five out of six hatched. When the first chick hatched, our hen did everything she was...
  16. TonsofBirdsAndaRedhead

    chick with one saggy eyelid

    The other day I noticed that one of my silkie chicks eyelids were kinda pulling away from her eye on her left side, the right side is a little droopy but not as much. I became more concerned when it got a little watery and she began to close it more often, other than that she is acting normal...
  17. BlueLineClucker

    Day Old Chick Dying? Help Please.

    We recently lost a nest of guinea eggs to a neighborhood dog, the eggs we saved were out under our broody chicken. She has hatched 2, one chicken, one guinea. The chick looks ‘normal’ with the exception that it does not have the use of 1 leg. The leg is at an odd angle and the chick hobbles...
  18. G

    Little girl fell in water

    One of my chicks, that is already smaller than the rest, fell in the water and got soaked yesterday. I tried drying her off but it wasn't much help. She's been very quiet and doesn't move much anymore. Do you think she's in shock, just a little cold, other??
  19. Farmer In Training

    incubation advice

    Hello! Just joined and I am so thrilled!!! Anyways, I have 18 chickens, (three being roosters) And we have one batch of 8 that is around 7 or 8 months and then we have a 5 month batch of ten. I have a incubator coming and have researched like crazy about it and so I now know all the details (...
  20. S

    Please, help me... trying get broody hen to adopt chicks

    Hi, my name is Sarah and I'm a new member (long time BYC reader/researcher, first time question). Yesterday, I received day old chicks in the mail for a broody buff orpington named Buffy. Buffy has been broody for over 3 weeks and 3 days ago I successfully moved her to the broody box. She...
    • Sarah_2017
    • Thread
    • adopt adopting adoption broody help broody hen chick chick help introducing
    • Replies: 63
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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