I’ve noticed my chicks tend to have very watery poops yet they never show behaviors that suggest the cage is too hot. However today some of the poops I see have a dark yellow-brown watery urine. You can see how it stains the paper towel. It doesn’t seem to be blood as when it was wet, it was...
They seem to be pretty fine with the heat. My box has a hot and cool side. They seem to walk around freely in the box. Also unfortunately, the chick passed away a couple of hours after. We were planning to take it to a vet but we didn’t have enough time. But now one of the other chick shows bad...
I just got my new chicks today, and it seems like one may be sick. The haven’t been moving around much, typically laying down on the heated side of the brooder. Thier activity of getting up is also decreasing. Before when picking it up, it would wiggle around a lot. Now it doesn’t put up much...
Hi! Thank you for the info. I got lucky and actually found a new supply of female chick silkies on MyPetChicken! They are ‘available’ so let’s hope I’m fast enough to get some for myself!
I have recently decided that I wanted to own chickens as pets. I’ve always wanted birds but birds like parrots and doves seemed to be a hassle. Then I realized that chickens exist. I’m going for the fluff ball of the chicken world, the silkie! I already have food, a feeder, waterer, heat lamp...