Recent content by bardos

Just checked. Things are going well! She is alive and walking and able to follow mom around. She is slightly weaker than the rest, but she looks good. Picked her up and cuddled her again. Think this might be the beginning of a strong relationship. Hope she survives babyhood and that she does not...

Went into the chicken house this A.M. (btw I am GMT +2) and she was in the corner where I'd seen her last night, with the chicks covered under wings. I could not see any, so I will have to postpone my desire to find out how it's going. Left my shallow tray of water, as I usually do for newborns...

After a while, sitting in front of the computer with the chick in my hand warming, sitting in my underwear and only having the use of one hand, for the foreseeable future, I checked out the chick yes, the eyes had opened, it felt warmed up. It wasn't able to walk with too much agility. I...

eyes open, warm, much more active, but still not able to move about

today was due day, walked into the chicken house, found one baby on the ground, still breathing but very cold to the touch and hardly moving. other babies are running around with mom.at the moment it's midday and at the moment she is in the palm of my hand by the computer recovering body...

Well, it's not advanced age, they're young. They're also free range, supplemented by greens from the garden: lettuce, kale, collard greens...

Hello all chicken people, I have 6 hens, no idea of race or anything and one rooster. The rooster is an Ameraucana. Recently someone gave me 2 Ameraucana hens. As is their wont they went broody. I placed 6 eggs from the normal chickens under each one. Each chicken hatched 3 of the six. That's...

Hi all, someone gave me one of these apparatuses, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to even open it. Can someone help a newbie? solved, find the way to remove tray