Just curious- what is everyone's plan of attack with the up and down temps that are the norm of Iowa springs? I have 9, 8 week old chickies that are growing like weeds! We built our coop right next to the garage, nice and protected from the elements, and in all honesty we really could put a...
thank you so much I will get mixing that up asap! I bought them from a hatchery a few miles away, and I have her out of the brooder with the other chicks with her own heat light!
I have 9 5 day old chicks, checked on them-fresh food and water this morning and everyone was running around fine...came home this afternoon and one chick is just completely limp-shes breathing and will open her eyes once in awhile but not much more than that...any advice???
This thread has totally helped with my worries-brought home my first batch of chicks and they ALL flop down and sleep like this-was worried i was doing something terribly wrong! Thanks everyone!!
Hi Iowans!! I am in north central Iowa in the teeny town of Whittemore! I am a newbie at all of this, we have our coop all planned out and the materials ready, hoping to build this coming weekend! The problem I am running into is the minimum orders that a lot of the websites mentioned on here...