Failure to Thrive Chicks: Understanding Runting and Stunting
Whether you hatch or buy chicks, sometimes there’s one who just doesn’t keep up – smaller, quieter, maybe not eatingContinue Reading
Category: Chicks
Omphalitis in Chicks: The Unhealed Navel Problem
The growth of a chick begins in the small fertilized area at the top of the yolk. A network ofContinue Reading
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Spending Peanut Hour With My Chickens
I haven’t gone on a vacation in almost 25 years. Whether it’s been due to work (at one point, sixContinue Reading
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Bitchin’ Chickens Broody Hens: Lessons Learned 3
July 2012. That was when my first broody hen hatched chicks. In the intervening years I’ve had dozens of hatchesContinue Reading
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Clubbed Down In Chicks
Clubbed down is a developmental feather abnormality seen in newly hatched chicks, where some of the down feathers appear stuckContinue Reading
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Bitchin’ Chickens Broody Hens: Happy Families
Similar to menstruating co-workers or friends, some of my hens have appeared to sync up their cycles of broodiness. That’sContinue Reading
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Happy Mother’s Day: Bitchin’ Chickens Edition
I’ve got tons to say about broody hens, and have in a number of posts I’ve written about my ownContinue Reading
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The Funny Farm: When Chick Fever Strikes
I live in Canada, in an area where feedstores are small affairs and live bird sales are not common. WhenContinue Reading
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Splayed Legs In Chicks
There are many chicken maladies that are difficult for the layperson to diagnose or treat. In our efforts to helpContinue Reading
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Aurora: Broody Hen Of The Year Award
As if there weren’t enough pathogens, predators, injuries and illnesses to wreak havoc on your birds I find that sometimesContinue Reading
