Recent content by kv1211

A little bit small. Try to have atleast 4 sqft per chicken in the coop and 10 sqft in the run. Right now you have 3.6 sqft/chicken in the coop and 9.6 sqft/chicken in the run. You can add a second level in the coop to have more space per chicken. Also remember that if you have roosters then...

I have two white leghorns and two RIR, both my leghorns have a pale beak while my RIR's have orange beaks. One of my leg horn has a black line on her beak that reaches her other side of her beak. It sort of reminds me of a bruise but not sure, noticed this about a week ago. Another question, my...

All the poo that my chicks dumped out look normal except for this one. It looks kind of sticky, like burnt sugar and it's shiny lol. Is this type of poo cecal? My chicks are aprox 1 week 3 days old and are on medicated feed (not so strong) and water 24/7. is this type of poo normal?

Oh thanks:D I feel so relieved because I thought it was coccus but I figured it wasn't because the poo wasn't bloody

It's sort of like this.

I just got home a couple hours ago and did some brooder cleaning for my 1 week old chicks, so I put them in another box. While I was cleaning, I noticed that one of the chicks in the box I moved them into, took a dump and it was yellow and foamy and different from the rest of the chicks that...

My 4 chicks are a week old now and I feed them 24/7 starter feed and water and they are doing fine. My only problem is that I have no lamp above 60 watt for heat so I decided to leave it off. My chicks seem healthy but are they really? They like to cuddle at a corner and sleep together. They are...

New to chicks here I'm just taking pre caution for pasting up. I notice under the tail fluff there is a small hole and it expands when the chicks chirp, is that the vent hole? I also see a black hard bump attached under it's belly. is that the umbilical cord for my chicks. They are a week old

he might be pulling my leg LOL but it's quite hot here even though it's canada. My chicks been surviving without a bulb because the garage is hot

yes, i think my brother made a mistake on remember the egg colour. he just found these eggs hatched because he left them outside his fridge and gave them to me because I have a bigger land that the chicks can grow on. btw, what is production red?

If my brother remembers correctly, the eggs were yellow Edit: iunno but it was intended to be eaten lol

Hi, new to raising 4 chicks here. About 1 week old My brother found these bad boys hatched from grocery eggs! However, I don't know what breed it is. Hopefully it isn't a cornish rock because I want to raise these for a while longer. I was wondering some people here in the forum know what type...