Recent content by Tilhana

Thanks! I did check on them a couple times and they seemed to be fine, and they were great this morning. But I'm glad to know others have taken them off heat that early. Their coop is pretty big so they won't be able to soak it.

I'm raising 13 ducklings for the first time, and I've just today moved them into an outdoor coop but I'm wondering if it's too soon? They are a mix of ages and I'm not sure exactly but I know the youngest are about 2 weeks old, maybe a little more, and the oldest maybe 5 weeks. I don't have...

Hi all, We have some 1-day-old chicks in a brooder and my 3-year-old accidentally stepped on one. It was a near miss - I think she only pinched its tail. No obvious signs of injury other than some bleeding around the cloaca, which seems to have stopped now. Can't tell for sure if it was coming...

Sorry for your losses. I know how sad it is to have new chicks suddenly die and not know why... I know it's a little late, but since you mentioned you have multiple broody hens, I would separate them from the rest of the flock if you want to give the chicks the best chance for survival. I just...

Just wanted to wish you luck with your chicks! I'm going through similar difficulties with a broody hen that's either clumsy or just really unlucky, and a bunch of fertile/mostly developed eggs got crushed or chicks died shortly after hatching. I'm amazed you were able to save that one given the...

They do teach them to drink...even if they don't deliberately, the chicks will copy what the mamas do. The key is that they learn by example. Even if you're raising chicks without a hen, even just showing a few of the chicks where the water is will probably suffice, because the others will see...

That did occur to me last year, that maybe that hen just wasn't a very good mother. But these are the only two hens of mine who have ever gone broody, and they've both had pretty abysmal mortality rates, so I'm suspicious that either there's something else going on (like a disease maybe?), or...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to figure out why the chicks that hatch under my broody hens have such a high mortality rate, especially compared to those I've hatched in an incubator. When I've hatched eggs in an incubator, I've had a pretty good success rate. Last year I had 19 chicks hatch from a...

I also like woodchips. Even fresh ones are ok in my experience - I keep my coop door open during the day and even when I put in wet woodchips they seem to dry out within a couple of days. Anyway I've never had an issue with mold, I just pile more chips on top of the poop piles and a few times a...

Lol my husband quotes that one to me every time I'm up late responding to threads on this forum.

Um, he's mad at YOU because he's worried HIS dog will eat YOUR chickens? That's some pretty !@#$ed up logic. He shouldn't be letting his dog off the leash, particularly when there are leash laws. That being said, being combative is rarely helpful, and threatening to call the authorities on him...

As others have said, you have to weigh the costs and benefits or find a middle ground that suits your life, your flock, and your particular situation. For what it's worth, last year I let a group of 6 chicks free range during the day because they'd gotten used to it while with the broody hen...

It really depends on where you live. Some neighborhoods have at least one Karen living there who will take it upon herself to report her law-breaking neighbor. Know what I hate most about the mail service? 80% of what they deliver to you is unsolicited junk mail, and you can't opt out of it...

Rofl I know right? I read a 1 star review on yelp for a restaurant - they were mad because some people walked into the restaurant without their masks on, and so the reviewer confronted them about how they were putting her immunocompromised friend at risk. Meanwhile they're surrounded by people...

Eh, it's a 3 year old video. I don't think youtubers read comments posted more than a month or so after a video is posted. Besides, they're just quoting the CDC, not making their own claims. It's the CDC that needs a comments section.