LOL too funny, I can't wait to be psychologically abused by my chicks! I kept looking at her and thinking to myself, I've born and raised an infant into a 14 yr old teen and he survived and doing well and fine! Why is it I can't keep a 4 week old chick healthy!! Thanks for making me aware and to...
...maybe she went lame or hurt herself or possibly was sick. After I myself then did a "woe is me-what the hell happened-I'm gonna pee myself dance " *panic; breathe, panic* I scooped her up and put her back in the brooder to which she miraculously recovered and started to run around on her two...
Thanks! I'm really loving play time, I almost fell asleep with the girls. My Rhoadies roosted on my hands while the rest fell asleep on my chest and that was all she wrote sleepy time!
Lol thank you sunflr that makes my heart smile and well yes I gotta admit.....I'm already grabbing people I work with and showing them the baby pics I get w the cell phone no matter how bad the quality! Now I have to add some cuteness in here, this morning I was holding sweet pea in both my...
Thank y'all so much. I do have a question, I'm trying to introduce them to yogurt but they look at me like I'm bird brained, so would mixing some of their chick feed into it be a good way to get them to eat it?
Today is my 2nd day of being a new chicken mom. We picked up our babies yesterday; 2 Dominques, 2 Rhode islanders and 1 Welsummer ( we have an Easter egger on the way). So any hoo, I got them settled into their brooder and it was like off to the races to the feed bowl! I just sat back to watch...
Thanks so much! We do plan to have a run coming off the barn so that makes me feel so much better! Im super excited because i just got a call from a hobbyist breeder and i just may have some chicks by tonight
Thank you so much for the articles, they will definitely come in handy. Any advice on how to encourage that they only lay in their nesting boxes vs going there to sleep? We are planning to run branches or boards in one corner of the barn for them to roost.