Earlier this year, I started raising backyard chickens. I started with 6 black silkies, however, 3 of them died. Then, because of their deaths, I got 5 more chicks (a buff cochin, a white frizzle cochin, and 3 silkies), 1 of them died. After those grew up over the summer, I've loved keeping...
I noticed worms in one of my 6 week old chick's poop, so naturally I came to byc to look up wormers! I read a thread about Valbazen, and was wondering, Is it safe to use on my chicks? Thanks!
I have some (almost) pullet banties that are 8 weeks, 7 weeks, and a 6 week. We let them out one day (in their soon to be coop) to see how they reacted. They LOVED it! We brought them back in that night, and they haven't been out since. ( This was last saturday) Now they try to fly around in...
I have 3 silkie chicks 2-3 weeks old, a cochin frizzle 3 weeks old, and another cochin frizzle 4 weeks old. They're in the same brooder box with no problems, except now the 4 week old frizzle is flying at the younger chicks aggressively. Could the little one's be harassing her? Does she need...
Do bantam chicks develop more slowly than regular size chicks? My chicks have feathers on the tips of their wings, have grown in the week that I've had them, and even started to flap their wings and fly a little, but I'm still not sure that they're as developed as they should be. They're almost...
I have 2 silkie chicks and one showgirl that are all 1 1/2 weeks old. Tomorrow, I'm getting 2 more silkies, but these are 2 weeks old and from a different breeder. Can I put these chicks in the same brooder as my 1 1/2 week year olds? :)