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how soon can I dust chicks for mites? I have a powder called Pestene which is sulfur and rotenone. The chicks are now 5 weeks. I dusted all the other chickens but not the broody hen and the chicks. They are all free range.

My chicks are three week old today and I think they are all pullets. Their combs are pale yellow, almost white and can't be seen rising above the feathers in profile side on. 1. I think this is a porcelain pullet 2. Silver laced? Not sure if a pullet or cockerel 3. White pullet...

I have a very broody pekin hen and this time, instead of fighting it, I went with it and bought her 4 one day old Belgian D’Uccles. She pecked them once, I stick them under her and she turned into an excellent mama straight away. Anyway, one of the chicks was slower to grow and slept a lot...

Hi ----- TLDR: I have new birds, younger than I've had before, not sure how to keep them warm, what to feed them or how to integrate them with the others. Fudging along and need advice with what to do. ----- I just got 1 Belgian d'uccle (10 weeks old) and 2 Japanese Bantams (8 and 10 weeks...

Hello This is my first time posting. I was hoping to find an answer to this problem with a search, but nothing seems to come up and I don't know what it is. History - this is my first time keeping bantam chickens, or any chickens. We live on small acreage near Brisbane, Australia. We started...