Hello Lonny and welcome to BYC from SC! Sounds like you have a nice collection of animals started. Like most of us, I'm sure given time and space you will continue to collect until you run out of room or resources. I"m sure you will hear about chicken math, but around here, animals tend to...
Hello Tracy and welcome to BYC from SC! I remember the discussions it took to convince my husband to let us get our first chickens. But, years later, we still have them and my husband has his favorites as well. This site is a wonderful resource for finding answers to all your questions and...
I am so sorry your chicken keeping started that way, but I can relate. We started with 10 buff orpingtons. They were lovely little chicks and were growing and filling out well for a couple of months. When we moved them out into the brand new coop they we were so looking forward to spending...
Hello from SC and congrats on your first sale! You are right, not only will you need to finance money for feed, but wait until you start collecting different breeds LOL.
Hello from SC! I, too am always amazed at how fast they grow and change. Right now I have some in both the cute little fuzzy stage, and then a few older who are going through the t- rex stage LOL
First- Hello Craig from SC and welcome to BYC! As for the bloody stool, for coccidios you can treat with Sulmet or Corid. Check your local feed store to see which they have. Personally I have only used Sulmet as that was all I could find locally, but it worked wonderfully and it was easy...
It has almost been a year since the blog started and it is still going strong! With the hatching of 17 new chicks and about 40 hatching in the next couple of weeks, this spring is sure to be filled with stories and pictures. Thanks for helping to keep it going, and if you haven't had a chance...