So I have ten 13-14 day old chicks, and just got 2 buff laced polish that are 5 days old to add to them. Seemed to go well for an hour or so, except now one EE is pecking at them quite often. The rest of the chicks pay them no mind. I thought there wouldn't be much of a problem since they are so...
So we have 8 hens, 2 (barred rocks) are in their 3rd winter, the rest (EEs, 1 Wyandotte, and 1 wellsummer) are in their second. 4 months ago the younger ones started molting. Egg production from them almost completely stopped, with one or so eggs from them and 1-2 from the BRs each day that...
Picked up five chicks at the local feed store on Fri. 3 BR and 2 BSL. Leave it to me to pick out a defective one even though I had first pick of them all; the last one I picked was eating/drinking and running around all perky at the store, but died just hours after coming home. So I now have...