Recent content by SweetPeaScott

I'm at around 23 weeks and nothing yet for me. Really glad to not feel alone. Everything has been going so well with raising my first batch of chicks I was wondering if I got a faulty batch of chicks.

What is squatting? Mine were born 5/12/10 and are not doing anything. Will they naturally find a nest box? I just put a golf ball in each to give them an idea.

Have you noticed them eating poop or having poop stuck to themselves? I may be in this same boat with you and this may be another clue to help discover a diagnosis or solution.

I also have a buff 8 wks old that has problems walking, is about half the size of the other chicks I got at the same time, lies down a lot, appears to be top heavy (she leans forwards to walk), does not extend her neck much and today I noticed her eating poop. She does however eat her chick...

I have 8, they are 7 weeks old and have been living outside for almost a week. 6 are doing well but 2 (a buff orp and Ameracuna) seem to be slow. Both have sticky butts and lay down a lot. They can walk and they eat and drink but are just not as active as the others. They are also smaller...

Tell me more about the vitamin B. What is it? What form is it in? How do you administer it? Where did you purchase it? I may be going through the same thing.

When he was checking on the kids outside...what were they doing? Were they quiet and laying down together, up on a roost, active? I'm a checker too.

7 weeks old, they were vaccinated when I got them, no medicated feed, no bloody poop, 40 square foot wood coop with 3 windows in the NC shade around 85+ degrees inside.

Here are the symptoms...they are quiet (very little peeping, I have to visually see them to make sure they are there), they are not real active but do scratch occasionally, they like to lay next to each other (they keep their heads up but not fully extended), they sit in my hands when I pick...

Holy cow it's bigger than my house!

I am building a new coop and have some ceramic tile from my kitchen that I was planning on taking to the dump someday. I have the luxury of time and enjoy little creative/artsy projects. Does anyone see any problems with chickens breaking a beak or hurting themselves on the tile. I plan on...