Wildflowers and Chicken Coops!
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We live in Potomac, Montana with our horses, dogs and cats. We are newbies to the chicken world. On April 24, 2010 we got our 4 EE's.
We thought we would buy a coop, but after pricing them at our local...
I think that if you can hold your chicken and they LET you put a harness on they are tame enough not to have to worry about them wandering to far from you.
Have you tried a little bit of hard boiled egg yolk? I found that my 3 marans did not want to eat much until day 3, unlike my other chicks. I was really worried for 3 days, but then they started eating tons. Hope your little one does the same.
Cute babies! My little Marans did the same thing. Seemed like I could not get them to eat much for about 2 days. Then they eat really well, and 4 weeks later they are still doing great. You might try some egg yolk. Good luck!
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UPDATE...
Thank you BYC community. The water b ottles worked. We traded them out every few hours. The power came on this morning and all our babies survived.
Thanks again for the help. Y'all are awesome.
I read this post last night. Then woke up this morning to no electricity. I was so glad that I had all these great suggestions fresh in my mind!! I have 3, 2.5 week olds. Already their brooder was down to 60. I heated some water up and put them in a couple of wine bottles (that were in the...