Hey! I hope this is the right place for my question. I have 5 chickens and 3 nesting boxes. My husband and i are not very good at building the coop so we decided to buy one from tractor supply for now. I have been told to place a fake egg or golf ball in the nesting boxes so they don't poop in...
I have a week old baby chick thats sick. I had another thread but no one was answering my questions. Please help im new to this and raising chicks. I have 6 total chicks and only 1 is acting weird. She doesn't play, drink, and hardly eats. She lays on her side a lot with her wings kinda out...
So i have an update on my chick. She is still acting the same. I put the corid in the water but it has no effect on her. I put a screen like thing in the tub they are in so they wont pick on her much. She will barely eat. Doesn't drink. We dip her beak in the water periodically but she wont take...
I have no clue as to what type of chicks i have. I got them at tractor supply. It said pullets and at the time i did not know that meant young female chickens lol. So idk what i have can someone help please?
We were putting electrolytes in the water. Can you put the electrolytes and vitamins at the same time? Cause there were packets of each. Also, if i put the corid in should i stop those or put all 3 in the water?
I have the corid. But now she seems better. Not as active but more than yesterday. And she actually took food out of my hand. So should i still give them the corid? Do you think she was just stressed yesterday?
I need help! I have a week old chick that started acting kind of down a few hours ago. She doesn't want to play eat or drink. Then we noticed she pooped clear. This is our first time ever having them and I don't know what to do. She won't even lay down to sleep. I'll hold her and rock her and...
I need help! I have a week old chick that started acting kind of down a few hours ago. She doesn't want to play eat or drink. Then we noticed she pooped clear. This is our first time ever having them and I don't know what to do. She won't even lay down to sleep. I'll hold her and rock her and...