Recent content by Desert Pyrate

  1. Desert Pyrate

    Baby chick with hurt foot/leg

    Today when I went in to check the chics I noticed one of them not standing and his foot/leg on the ground. Can a baby chic break its leg or get club feet? Not sure what to do, please help.
  2. Desert Pyrate

    New to chickens with a brooder question

    Well I thought they were only a week old (we have only had them since monday and they should have been just a few days old when we got them). Looks like I will be off to the store this weekend to get something to cover that thing. I keep seeing articles about people using a stock watering tank...
  3. Desert Pyrate

    New to chickens with a brooder question

    So we got our 6 chicks home on mondy and housed them in a closet under a lamp in a small rubbermade box. We just finished setting up our brooding box (from a dupont starter kit) in our garage. Our box is about 3' diameter and only about 18" tall. While in our closet, the chicks just walked...
  4. Desert Pyrate

    What are we?

    Can anyone help me identify what they are. I was told buff orphington,sexlinks and brown leghorn
  5. Desert Pyrate

    Brand new BYC farmer in So Cal

    Yeah, I'm sure that's what she said, I just had a typing problem.
  6. Desert Pyrate

    Brand new BYC farmer in So Cal

    So my wife wanted chickens to provide fresh eggs so today we finally took the leap. We started out with 6 chicks (2 of three different kinds) but the wife did not remember what kind they were. She thinks there are 2 Buff Orpingtons and 2 mayanS and 2 leghorns but she was not sure.
See more
Back
Top Bottom