Our chicks have been in the coop note for almost 2 weeks and i still turn on the heading lamp for them at night. I live in arizona so our temps at night are in the 50 -60 degree range and during the day it's between 78 and 90 right now. All the girls appear fully feathered (this is my first...
I am new at raising chickens and one of our six little girls Combs is not coming in. She is almost two months old and her comb looks red and chapped. We got one other check the same time as her and her comb has already come it as well as all of our other chickens. To me this seems very wrong and...
We are using a decent size terrarium. When i measure the temp it ranges from 96 to 95 right under the heat lamp. I am not able to get a reading at another spot. I just bought a better thermometer today. The chicks are not panting or show signs of being too hot. What do you mean soak their food...
I have one chick that had pasty butt right when we brought her home from our local stock shop. I rinsed her bum off in warm water and dried with a blow drier. Now a couple days later she and another one of my chicks have pasty butt. The chicks are about a week old. Im not sure what to do. I...
We just brought home our 4 little ones. They are 3 or 4 days old. How do I know if they have enogh space in the brooder we set up? We put the water on one side and the food on the other side is this ok or do they need to be together? Also I have read a ton of information from this site and it...