I have a almost 2 week old silkie who has been gasping for air non stop since last night, it sounds like a broken sqeeky toy, I also heard a little rattle in its chest, I've started LA200 today, I put it in their waterer but had to use a syringe to get it to drink, I also gave it egg yolk by...
Currently going through this, i have 8 8wk olds that im trying to intergrate with my 5 older hens, we built a brooding coop so to speak and have it in the run, my run is massive, I divided the run with bird netting so they could see each other and get close but not have physical contact, they...
I use a stock tank like they use at the farm stores, it was a pricy initial investment ($100) but it will last me forever, ive brooded 4 flocks of chicks this way, when they get big enough to get out I cover it with a scrap piece of hardware cloth I have
Totally doable! You got this! I leave my house for work at 6am and get home around 4, my morning routine consist of getting ready then checking on the babies, making sure they have food and water and do a butt check(for pasty butt) sometimes I'll top off food and water at night. I currently have...