All is not well in chicken heaven and I'm at a loss for what's going on. Our batch of 5-1/2 week old chicks isn't getting any bigger? The chick I hatched from the incubator 3 weeks ago is now the same size as they are. They had been progressing normally up until 3 weeks ago when they suddenly...
We discovered our favorite little bantam hen, Gidget was wasting away due to an impacted crop. I have been nursing her for the past few days, trying a number of the solutions I have read throughout the forums. Once I realized that no real progress was going to be made (that would actually save...
Hi everyone! I am new to chickens as well as BYC (my whole family loves this site now).
I was given seven, 1 week old chicks at Christmas time as a present from my good friend that knew I had been talking about getting chickens for years and finally helped me take the plunge.
The girls are a...