Recent content by LoveChixinCA

Thanks for the posts thus far. I know they won't be anything like breeder stock... sigh. But it's my only option (unless someone wants to give me some I have a feeling that the birds won't match the pictures on their website. I've gotten chicks from Privett before and most of them don't end...

Hello everyone, I've been having some picking issues within my flock. I put "Pick-No-More" Lotion with aloe, calendula, tar, etc on the picked areas, and it stopped the bleeding. However, now that the picking has stopped 5 of my chickens (Welsummer, Maran, Speckled Sussex, EE and Silver Laced...

Hello everyone! Does anyone have experience with Privett Hatchery's Blue Laced Red Wyandottes? My local feed store is going to get some and I'm wondering if they'll even be worth raising. I've always admired breeder-quality BLRs.... they're just not in my budget and my Sweetheart would KILL me...

Thanks for the tips thus far! I really appreciate the support. I moved the food and water closer so now Mom can reach both when sitting in the nest box. I have been 'showing' the babies how to eat and drink since I brought them home (dipping their beaks in water, putting them in the food bowl...

Hello, I've been a long time 'searcher' and 'reader' of this site and I have learned so much about chickens thanks to all of you! But now I need HELP! I had a broody Delaware hen and after brooding for 29 days I picked up some chicks at my local feed store to give to her. She accepted them...