Well, we lost 3 out of the 16. Oddly it was all 3 Black Jersey Giants. One passed on the 2nd day the other 2 on the 4th day. The rest are happy healthy & growing like crazy!
we got ours yesterday and they are pretty much doing the same thing. they come out eat, drink, run around for a bit then back under for a while. Then they do it all over again. I remember when I raised chickens the 1st time (many years ago) watching them do the same thing from under a broody hen.
Well, we got them yesterday, 3 of them seem weak, but the rest are active. They ate and drank right away and everything was fine. This morning one of them was laying on its side outside of the Mama Heating pad set up. I watched her for a while and thought she was dead. I picked her up and...
OK, I'm not a 1st timer, but it has been many, many years since I've had Chickens. I grew up in rural Ohio and had chickens as an FFA project that lasted 6 years until I joined the Navy. Fast forward 33 years, I finally have a country home again, so we ordered 15 for delivery in late Feb. I...