Hello all!
My husband and I live in Kerrville, Texas. The heart of the Hill Country. Both of us grew up on working farms and/or ranches. David used to own a pet store, and I just love animals. Especially chickens. Most productive and useful animal I've met. Now granted horses and cows...
Ruth, having had a problem with splayed legs in the past we make it a practice of putting the Poly-Vi-Sol in all the chicks waters. But you said "several droppers full". So perhaps we just aren't giving them enough. I went in and did as you suggested. If this works as well for this, as it...
We have 6 bantam cochin chicks born on Christmas Day. All was well, eating good, scratching, pecking all normal up to today. This morning went to check on them and one was walking backwards, kept it's butt in the corner. Not eatting much and actually acts drunk or like it has an inner ear...
On the 13th of this month we bought 10 baby Orpingtons. Everything was fine for a while. In the last three days we have found a baby chick layiing on it's side legs either straight out behind their little bodies or laying with their legs (both) out to one side or the other. We have pine wood...