Posts by Yay Chicks!

The little bumps are calcium deposits.  Nothing to worry about.  Sometimes egg color can be off... blotchy, spotty, whatever. All kinds of little weirdnesses that fall along the normal, if not perfect, spectrum.

There are actually a number of reasons not to use heat lamps in a chicken coop.  When my birds were new and I had questions about the cold, I found the following thread to be incredibly illuminating and assuring:...

My sweetie to me, "Hold on... you have pine shavings in your hair... AGAIN..."

Well, I'm assuming they are in the run while they are doing this?  Before going into the coop for the night?  Have they figured out how to get into the coop and up onto the roost by themselves at sundown?   I would...

Here's the tutorial for adding pictures: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/image-and-video-tutorial#user_addimages1

Pecking can sometimes occur with boredom and/or insufficient space.   How much coop and run room do they have?  Do they free range at all?

I would leave a dish of grit in with them and trust that they will take what they need since you are giving them food that they need "teeth" for.   Chicks can look a little rough as they get their feathers in.  Are the...

  Thanks for sharing your pictures!

Tamar,    1) Have you checked them over for bugs?  I'm wondering because of the missing fluff around the vents.   2) How much room do they have in the coop and the run and are they allowed to free range at...

  This is not written in stone, but the rule of thumb is about 10 sq ft per bird in the outside run and 4 sq ft per regular sized bird in the coop.  You can get by with a smaller coop as long as they are basically only...