Recent content by MiddySpeckles

Hi everyone, My chicken has got new babies and there is little tiny bugs everywhere, please let me know how I get rid of them. They are in the saw dust which I have changed and they crawl all up my arms when Im attending to them. I have tried malawash and bug spray but they didnt work.

Ha its all good. I put them on the ground with the other chicks and the mum tried to suss them out but I calmed her down and then she was quite happy to call them her own. Now she has 4 babies. Then, my bro in law called in today with 5 new fertilized eggs for my other mum that missed out so I...

Thanks Nella Bean. I might still try it because we're moving house in a couple of weeks and it would be easier if the 2 babies inside were with a mum instead of under a light being moved around.

Thank you so much. I feel so much better now. I will do it tonight.

I have 2 chicks that hatched under a hen and I have 2 chicks that hatched under a lamp inside. Will the Hen outside with her own 2 chicks take care of the 2 chicks that hatched inside under the lamp??? I just put 1 of the chicks from inside under her and she seemed to be ok but I dont know if...

Thanks for the replys. (I have 4 baby chicks altogether.) The 2 babies inside under the lamp are doing fine. Eating crumbs and drinking water. The mother hen with the 2 babies under her is very protective and they are hiding under her. They're in the coop with saw dust on top of the timber...

Hi Ray. The 2 chicks inside are fine. Its the 2 chicks that hatched under the (adopted hen) mum in the coop that I dont know what to do with. So they are in a pen on their own, but in a box that the chicks cant get out of. So should I just put shavings on the bottom of the pen (timber base) and...

Hi everyone ! I just registered to this site to get a little bit of help with my beautiful chickens and new baby chicks. I have 2 beautiful girls that are nearlly 1 year old. I bought some Silky eggs, and two of them I had to hatch under a lamp which was very successful My problem is the 2...

Hi everyone ! I just registered to this site to get a little bit of help with my beautiful chickens and new baby chicks. I have 2 beautiful girls that are nearlly 1 year old. I bought some Silky eggs, and two of them I had to hatch under a lamp which was very successful My problem is the 2...