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  1. Thorn_shrike

    Playing hen or roo with Delawares

    Got two Delawares a few weeks ago, just curious if anyone has thoughts on this one’s gender. I don’t know exactly how old they are, I’m guessing they were about a week old when I brought them home which would put them around four weeks now. I only put pictures of one because the other won’t pose...
  2. Timbers Happy Hens

    Mottled Cochin baby?

    I just hatched this bantam cochin baby this morning. my question is, is she black or mottled? I know typically mottleds have a lot more white, but she has a lot more white than the other solid black babies I hatched. She has white tipped wings and a little white on her legs. As well as really...
  3. T

    What kind of chick is this?

    She's about a month old. When I got her a month ago, they told me she was an Easter egger. However, I recently noticed her crest, which I've never seen on a chicken before. I couldn't feel a head knot. She doesn't have ear tufts of a beard either. Any ideas what kind of chicken she could be?
  4. C

    Introducing chick grit

    It is time to introduce my chicks to grit, I have sprinkled it over their food a few days. Do I continue to do that or do I offer it by itself? I have them on paper towels right now because they have been eating the wood shavings, I would like to move them back to wood, but read it’s good to...
  5. Gill-b

    Pics of Development Stages of Guinea Fowl?

    I am wanting to compare my keet's development (size) to the average keet to be reassured that it is growing as it should. I understand that there are a few factors that could influence a keet's development, but maybe there is a standard scale one can go on? I have been searching on this website...
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    • baby bird cape town chick development guinea fowl indigenous keet rescue south africa stages
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    • Forum: Guinea Fowl
  6. H

    Hi

    Complete and utter newbie. My grown son has been taking care of the neighbors chickens since he was a young teen, when they vacationed. I helped a couple years ago when they had new chicks and they went out of town. We were hit by a freak snow storm and luckily none on the chicks in the...
  7. M

    Roundworm in 2-week old chick?

    I found this (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pm2ty0nJLLIPSh6LNrOROltaabvGsrdc/view?usp=sharing) attached to a poop in the brooder with my 2-week old chicks. Is this a roundworm? It looks too wormlike to be intestinal lining, but I read that 2 weeks is too soon to see worms. Any advice/help?
  8. gwells1980

    New Chicks please help

    I got 11 new chicks in from a hatchery; 5 Sultans, 2 Porcelain D'Uccles Bantams, 2 Marans, and 2 Easter eggers. Easter eggers can be tricky because they are a mix but I am hoping someone has had one like this before. Can anyone show me what it will look like when it is an adult? As you can...
  9. vempst

    day 1 baby chick hatched from egg in incubator seems distressed

    i recently tried incubating some chicken eggs, and so far have had only 1 egg remain fertile and hatch properly, and the hatch went amazing and he seems extremely happy and healthy, but he is alone and seems a little bit in distress. i have his water, mash, and heating pad for him, yet he keeps...
  10. Gill-b

    Savage mini dinosaur - a day in the life of a keet.

    The keet (26 days old) showed me in person this morning, just what little savages fowls can be. It caught a gecko and, after knocking it about a bit, swallowed it whole. I already knew fowls to be so, but to witness it just a few inches from my eyes is a little... well... I can't think of the...
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    • advice baby bird cape town chick feed guinea fowl indigenous keet rescue south africa
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Guinea Fowl
  11. Gill-b

    Indigenous Guinea Fowl rescued keet

    We have indigenous Guinea Fowl in our residential area, Cape Town, South Africa, and, along with occasionally having to help them out of tricky situations that they get themselves into in our neighbourhood yards, I recently rescued a day old keet which was distress calling from the next street...
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    • baby bird cape town chick guinea fowl indigenous keet rescue south africa
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Guinea Fowl
  12. ChickChic00

    Prairie Bluebell

    I have a Prairie Bluebell Rooster I got about a week ago. I don't have him paired with any hens at the moment. I read that it's a 50/50 if they have beards. He does not have a beard. Would any of his kids have a beard? Like if I crossed him to say, a Rhode Island Red? Would there still be like a...
  13. G

    Is this chick frizzled?

    Hi all! I hatched 3 chicks all about 2 weeks ago! One of them, Steve (12 days old), is growing in these random lifted feathers. Both of his parents are smooth-feathered, as shown in the pictures provided, so I’m unsure where these gene came from if this is a sign of frizzling (sneaky recessive...
  14. F

    Chicks in NY area?

    Hello, I'd love to get in touch with anyone raising chicks near the NY tristate area. I'm in Brooklyn, NY. For humanely killed chicks or naturally dead chicks, I would love to buy them from you for raw pet food. Feel free to DM me!
  15. B

    Silkie Chicks for sale (South Florida - Miami)

    Hello everyone! I purchased some hatching eggs and hatched a little too many :) I have about 5 white silkie chicks and 3 black (or maybe grey?). They are about 2 weeks old. $10 each (It's about how much I've spent on the eggs). I've added some pictures but feel free to message me for more. If...
  16. CoopDeQuail

    Quail chick laying on its side

    Came into the brooder tonight and found one (cortunix) laying on its side and appearing to be gasping for air. It cannot stand up and also appears to be one of the runts of the group of 12. Temps in the brooder are fine, 95F on the hot side and 75F on the cooler side. Feeding 30% gamebird...
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    • brood box chick cortinix quail dying chick help
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    • Forum: Quail
  17. sophi3

    Chick crushed under treadle pedal feeder

    Devastated and posting this as hopefully a warning to prevent another accident like this occurring. Have been putting mama hen and her 4 babies out in the run during the day and back inside at night for the past 2 days, and one of the chicks just died under the regular feeder the hen (used to be...
  18. LaughingLagomorph

    What do I feed newly hatched quail?

    My coturnix quail just hatched only for me to realize that I have no gamebird starter. Can I give them adult gamebird feed or should I stick with hard boiled eggs until I can get to the store?
  19. A

    Raising Chicks in Outdoor Brooder

    Hey yall! I had an outdoor brooder built and will have chicks going in there right after Christmas. I live in GA so the lows do not get super low but they definitely get low at night. I was wondering how to make sure that the heating element is right for them if anyone else has done this. We...
  20. Wandering_r0gue

    A Little Morning Victory Dance

    With my latest hatch: here's the details... Last chick to hatch was about 4 days behind the first, and needed help. I essentially did an egg cesarean. Now, I may have caused the problem, but was worried it wasn't going to be able to hatch on its own. Things didn't look great... it was still...
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