Recent content by chicksofclaridon

Last summer I went to TSC and bought this huge barn fan, heavy and solid. Installed it in the 105 degree heat, all by myself. After a day or two of running it was HOT, like I could not believe it didn't catch on fire kind of hot! Took it down, returned it and got a little fan like this one...

This is my first time having Blue Splash Marans and dealing with feathered feet. Today I noticed one of my chicks, Poppy, (5 weeks old) has pink, inflamed areas on the outside of both feet where the feathers grow. She's eating, drinking, walking and acting fine. I have 2 others with feathered...

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I was sitting with my (almost) 3 week old chicks a little bit ago and noticed one seemed to have strange leg formation. I have 7 total and the others all look normal but this one, the only rooster, has legs that almost look like they’re bending in a bit toward each other. He has no problem...

Thank you!! I'm assuming she's just too lazy and likes to freak me out :) . I know they do some weird things sometimes but I'm a worrier! She's a Blue Splash Maran, my first time with this breed!

Hello! I have seven 10 day old chicks that have been doing great until this morning. I noticed one of them doesn't want to walk, she just wants to scoot across the brooder. I picked her up and looked her over, no obvious sign of any issue that I can see. I set her down on the ground and she...

My first chicks I got from a bin at Rural King- they probably went through a lot and weren't real sure of humans by the time I got them. They weren't particularly friendly, very skiddish and liked to keep their distance. Once they got big enough to go outside, I couldn't even hold them or...

Thank you!! I think I have the swing of it this time around but man I wish I knew about all of this/this site my first time having chicks!!

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Hello! I am getting my brooder ready and I’m wondering if I need to add something along the sides for extra security, so they can’t hop out. This will be my second time getting chicks- since I already have several adult hens, I’m using a dog crate as a brooder this time around so that in a few...

I’ll give it a try. I know mice can get in but there aren’t any rats and nothing bigger could get in there! I feel like it would take a lot of mice to make that much food disappear but who knows. Thank you!

2 White Leghorns, 2 Ameraucana and 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes. The Wyandottes are pretty heavy but they always have been, they just seem to be bigger in general than the others, especially the Leg Horns.

Hey all, I've been trying to figure out if my hens are over eating, and I keep seeing "chickens don't over eat, so don't worry about giving them too much food"... The majority of resources I've come across say a laying hen should eat around 1/2 cup of food a day. I have 6 girls, almost a year...

She is drinking a good amount and she’s eating but only off the ground for some reason (at least this evening I haven’t seen her eat from the feeder). Crop was full but I didn’t feel it, she seemed stressed as it was so I didn’t want to make it worse (she doesn’t particularly enjoy being...

I have a 10 month old Silver Laced Wyandotte. When I went to let the girls out of the run (6 in total) they all got excited and ran out the door like a kindergartner at recess, except for Gypsy the Wyandotte. She was fine when I let them out around 11:30, but this evening she is walking a...