ok so i have 3 roughly 2 month old chickens that i raised with no problem. i had 4 but a predator got one. that was my first time raising chicks. i recently got 2 new chicks that are a few days old. i noticed one had something attached to her nostril and i managed to get it off. then i noticed...
Hi everyone,
I had a couple of questions and concerns that I am hoping some of you may be able to identify. About a week ago I received an order of chicks in the mail from Cackle Hatchery, there were 36 of them. On Friday, I noticed one of the dominique chicks couldn't use one of her legs, I...
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My little blue silkie Ethel is sick!!!
She’s about a month and a week old, and she’s been perfectly healthy up to now. Always the first to the food bowl.
Today, I noticed a weird sound coming from the brooder. A high pitched peep I’d never heard out of any of my...
I have a broody hen whose hatch date is Feb 11th and shes been eating and drinking just fine she hasn't been sneezing or breathing funny. She just has one eye squinting and looks like she cant unsquint it. Her other eye if just fine
I have a Toulouse goose less then 6 months of age and just 4 days ago started acting odd. She is walking like she's drunk, head tilting to the right (you can move it to the left) she's eating and drinking, but just not right. I have tried to post this before so I hope this goes threw. I do...
so I had 6 chickens: 3 leghorns and 3 austrolorps. One of the leghorns has always been small... and seemed slower than the other 5. When they all ran over when they heard the mealworms, this smaller leghorn would get there last and seemed very timid. About, i’d Say, 4 months ago, she was egg...
My Americauna/coachin mix just recently hatched a brood of 8 chicks (she got broody surprisingly late in the year). One of the chicks was smaller than the others, was getting pecked at and wasn’t getting sat on by the hen. It was still wet. Another chick was stuck in the egg with dried membrane...
I have a rather sick hen. For some background, she has a mild case of bumblefoot, and has recently had a bout with mites. I am in contact with the vets and have treated the mites and am currently treating the bumblefoot with prescribed medication. She is pretty weak. She stopped eating at one...
When a mom lays her first baby chicks there will always be some that may come out sick. Especially after they ate born during the first days of spring in the cold winter.
There will be some stuff that you may need to help it survive. First you will need to go to your regular grocery store and...
Hello Everyone!
I have been combing through several posts over the past few days but havent found anything that fits my particular situation, or answered all of my questions.
I went to pick up 10 pullets, 1 cockerel, and 8 broilers from my local hatchery this past Monday. I started them on...