chicks 1 week

Hey y’all! I’m here for insight and support :) super excited to be here!!

I have 1 week old baby chicks, Sapphire assorted. And I have 3 that like to sit in the feed and scratch/kick it all out. They've run through a whole bag of feed (only 5lbs) because it's all in the bedding now. I have the typical feeder, circular with 8 holes. I've tried raising it, but they just...

think i might have a rooster I hatched these out at my farm

Hey there, I'm usually a lurker on these foruma but I am becoming a first time poster because I've come across an odd situation with one of my new chicks. I ordered four day old chicks for one of my hens to surrogate mother, they are currently 11 days old. The hen accepted all of them...

please help me, my 2 week old Rhode Island Red chicken is limping on one foot. The foot the chick is not using is always clamped and closed and also has some kind of black dots! i can not tell if it’s a boy or a girl I think girl considering it’s fur is uneven and a little Chucky, this chick has...

When can chicks regulate their body temperature?

I'm sitting here watching my chicks and just by watching how they act and their personality...I believe I may have 1 rooster and 3 hens? Thoughts?? :)

My grandmother always had chickens so I've been around them but I am a first time accidental chick raiser. There are three hens. Big mama, little mama and the Witch w/a B. And one laid back rooster. Long story short: Big mama and lil mama both laid eggs in same nest. Now I have a surprise one 6...

So I just gave my 1 week old chicks some sand for some Grit. They went ballistic! It was pure mayhem! Then I got to wondering if they would fill up on sand and not eat. Can I mix the sand with their food? The floor in the brooder is a small mesh so I can't just throw it on the ground.

I know it is too early to tell, but this chick has a lot of the visual markers that indicate it is male! This chick was vent sexed and labelled a pullet. Barred Rock male chicks have the following: 1) A large white spot on head 2) Less black on legs Barred Rock female chicks have the...

They should hatch tomorrow. We have 53 eggs and we can't keep them at school after Friday. We will gladly give them away to anyone who wants them. They came from two different farms - one in Corona and the other in Mariposa.

I just recently brought home six 3-day-old chicks which are now a week old. Since the day I brought them home, one chick has been constantly pecking all of the other chicks. She doesn't seem to be doing it aggressively though. The other chicks don't seem to be too bothered by it, but the...

Just picked up the last of the chicks I'm raising from tsc! The smaller ones are 3 Americanas (idk how to spell it) and 2 welsummers and the big ones are polish/appenzeller assorted (might just be polish) I'm curious to know how many of you are raising polish this year ! (And maybe some photos? 😉)

"Yin & Yang" A silver Easter Egger snuggles with a black Jersey Giant.

I pressed the wrong button when doing an online shipment of Polish chicks and other crested chicks. In summary I need to distribute about 20 Polish chicks ASAP. Arrival date is expected to be Feb 9. They will be newly hatched. Please help. I feel silly. I am currently open to advice, creative...

Hi, my chickens are infested with sticktight fleas. It's the middle of summer and the fleas had a population boom. I currently have one week old chicks. The vet asked me throw my Karbadust (https://www.hadeco.co.za/efekto/pet-care/efekto-karbadust-500g/) powder away because he says it's very...

Hi all! I have some cute brown egg layer female chicks for sale that are available for local pickup in Miami, Florida (SW 32nd Ave & US1). If you (or anyone you know) needs some brown egg layers if your life reach out. When they're ready to lay, which is sooner than most other chickens (~20...

Hi everyone, Excuse me for my English since I'm an Egyptian whose native language is Arabic. So one of my new hatched quails (6 or 7 days old) is closing one eye totally, i forced it to open its eye and put some anti-inflammatory eye-drops inside of it. It also has a neck sprain as shown in the...