Posts by featheredroots

Mine did that too, but they're fine now.   I'm thinking that laying on the bedding instead of roosting, rubs their feathers off.

Sorry. 

We've been giving our two girls Poly Vita Sol.  One drop three times a day at first then weaning them off as they improve.  Our big girl isn't getting any now, but we also have a tiny girl that is very slow to feather(she's 7...

We've lost ten chicks this year from two different hatcheries, somethings definitely not right.   Thanks to a post by wolftracks, we saved the last two by giving them Poly Vi Sol.  You should be able to get it...

I'm so sorry that you're going through this.     I don't know what's going on with chicks this year, but we lost 10 altogether.  All six of the first batch, from a vitamin deficiency, and 4 of the second batch,...

We had terrible luck with chicks this year(lost 10 out of 12).  Now at seven weeks old my remaining girls are very much enjoying their days in the coop, but hate coming in to the brooder at night.   I'd love to...

Thanks.

It's just barely 60 degrees this morning, and there isn't any sun in the coop or run yet, but my girls are squawking to go out.  I only have two, and they're six weeks old, but one is a runt and not fully feathered...

Sorry for your loss.   Had you been taking them out to the coop during the day?    I read somewhere that chicks need to be eased into a big change like moving to the coop, kind of like hardening off...

I know it's hard to tell, and the pics probably aren't the best (I'm still getting used to the new camera), but I'm wondering if our little white EE is a runt or perhaps a small rooster.   She's taking a very long time to...