We've lost 3 chickens this summer from a flock of seven. One from an older group of three, and two from a younger batch I raised under a heat lamp.
This week I moved the younger girls to a new coop and did not remember install under ground wire to prevent predators from digging. Two nights...
I am raising 4 chicks - each about a week old and purchased from a feed store.
One of my chicks has been sick for 3 days. Labored breathing, head bobs up and down involuntarily, beak opens and shuts. She can stand up but does not move much compared to her siblings. I've been hydrating her...