We lost her, but it wasn't a surprise. We'll miss her, of course, but into continuation of the coop, and we'll post pictures of it when we're through (hopefully by this weekend).
We have a similar (if not the same) problem. We bought 10 chicks two days ago, and on was weak from the get go. We have had her in a box, with food & water in there, as well. Over tonight, we are keeping her inside, mainly because the low tonight is 69. The box is also sitting on a heating pad...
Very nice :-) We are going on the "broke" side for the first coop, but already have plans to build a sturdier one in the near future. We are also planning to custom-build a home, so that's more in the profitable view currently.
We have a coop set up on the side of the house for them at night. We also have a ghost tree inside, so they can go in air, and ghost trees are thorny as ...yea, that much, heh. Also, we have ducks on our pond on the other side of the house, and for the predators, we have a few lights mounted to...
First time here, so introduction time!! My name is Nick, and my wife, Carol, we are here to help not only ourselves, but anyone else, if we can.
We have free-range chickens and ducks, and do pretty much everything by hand, with the cheapest things we can find/buy, heh.
I'm not really sure...