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He is drinking ok..tried washing and it won't come off but at least his feathers aren't glue now. He is preening a lot. He is not pooping just urinating and is making some effort to eat...tried chick feed, chick feed water mash, scrambled egg, etc. We had Save a chick vitamins and electrolytes...

My 4 week chicks were picking on the 2 cochins in the bunch til the point of bleeding. On advice I got from BYC I sent hubby out for Blue Kote but the store only had Rooster Booster pick no more. It is working well on the smaller chick with more extensive injuries. However when trying to do the...

We are using a radient heater not a bulb but I did have a nightlight in there just to help me when I check on them...maybe I will take that out. Will look for BlueKote...thanks!

My chicks are 4 weeks. They have ample room for the 10 of them but today they decided to peck the 2 cochin chicks (mixed breeds...all standard) until they are bleeding (one is our smallest chick and she has a lot of blood near the tail and the other just a little along the back where his...

Thanks!

We bought a house with a shed that the previous owner turned into a coop. The floor is plywood that needs to be replaced before I can move my chicks in (they are 3 weeks old so I have time to make repairs before they are big enough). I think there are mice under the floor as well. My husband...

Am jealous! We got a late spring slushy snowstorm last night...everything is wet and sludgy!

I was born in a HUGE city...and progressively moved to smaller and smaller towns. I think I am a country girl at heart...was just born in the wrong place. My dad still lives in a big city; mom lives in cookie cutter suburbia (ugh)...but I like to be able to see the stars at night. My hubby and I...

I have never done mail order chicks (or any chickens) before. Was pleased with Meyer. Only ordered the 10 and the weather dipped right when they shipped but they arrived with a heat pack that was still warm and all alive and cheeping! And it was fun to guess breeds.

Thanks! Think I will have to get specific ones next year so I am sure to get blue and green and dark brown. Am just thankful this batch arrived alive and are thriving.

First time chicken owner. Ordered 10 rainbow (mystery) pullets from Meyer. Any ideas on breeds? Any of them look like a roo? (We could keep a roo but prob no more than one...) They are almost 3 weeks...First two seem same breed...Brown Leghorn? Sussex? Blue Andalusian? Lavendar Orpington...