Ok so I have three chicks with beaks poking out. All three are chirping. Just seems as if nothing else is happening. Yesterday was day 21 and they started pipping late yesterday afternoon and during the night. How long should this whole process take? What should I be doing during the process?
I will collect eggs at times that are very bloody. I picked my hens up today and turned them over and on 2 of them I noticed scabby looking vents and nine of those soft feathers covering anympart of this area!!!! HELP!!!!! PLEASE!!!!
Ok so my coop is 8x8 and is a modified version of the Purina plans. My walls are straight plywood no studs or anything like that. I have a window that came out of a storage building nothing big or anything (measurements are like 35"x22" roughly). Since I do not have any studs or anything what is...
To some this may seem like nothing but being a first time chicken owner it was pretty awesome! When I was leaving this morning, I heard little rooster trying to crow! It was hilarious!!!!
Ok so I am currently building my chickens a new coop! I have 8, 8 week old chickens and 6, 3 week old chickens. I'm building a modified purina coop. My size is 8ft X 8ft and probably 4 feet from floor of coop to roof. This may not seem big but I was looking at it today and it seems HUGE!!! I was...
I have 8, 7 week old chicks out in the coop/run now. When do I start with things such as grit? Also, I am feeding these chicks and my 2 week old chicks starter/grower but mixing some medicated feed in with the 2 week old chicks. Is this ok?
Ok.......... I currently have 8 chickens (mixed and 8 weeks old) in my coop that I first built. I went 2 weeks ago and bought 6 RIR's from TSC. I am 100% positive my current coop/run isnt big enough for all of them when it comes time to put my little ones out. I am debating on wether to try to...
I am by no means a carpenter! It doesn't look like much but I am proud of it. It definitely doesn't look like a professional built it. I am about to begin either adding on or building another coop for my 6 reds I got. What do you think?
I have the problem of my chickens wanting to sleep right at the door of th coop and hang there heads out when they go in before I can go plug the light up. When I plug the light up the (most of the time) get up and move on into the coop onto roosts etc. Sometimes ai turn the light on and they...
I purchased my chicks from TSC. I am supposed to have 3 reds, 2 ameracauna, and not sure what 3 white ones are ( cant remember to save my life!). Well one of my so called reds turned out to be definitely not a red! (its the big white and black one). Also, in one of the pics you will see the...
I am new to raising chickens and I have 8 that are 7 weeks old and i have been noticing several feathers on the ground. They are small feathers looks like some that come from underneath wings or underside. All 8 are acting normal and eating/ drinking. Is this normal????? Please help!!! Any...