Hi - I have 8 week old chicks and when I turn off the light in the basement, the sound of their chirping seems like that are panic stricken. I feel so bad like they are little kids afraid of the dark. I am considering on getting them a night light. Any suggestions?
I am going to my local Home Depot tomorrow and getting Play Sand. I am also planning on going to the feed store and getting Grit for my 4 week old chicks.
Do I really need the Grit along with the sand?
Thanks !!
Anyone out there from Ellsworth Maine? I have my first batch of Chicks. The are 3 weeks old, 6 Barred Rocks and 8 Ameraucanas. I am having a blast, probably treat them more like pets. But what can I say, I am an animal lover. Love to here from you !!!
Now that I have gotten attached to my babies, must BF has done nothing but complain about the cost of building a chicken coop and the run. He keeps saying it's getting out of hand. I guess he thought we could just basically throw them outside with a very small shed and fence about 3 feet high...
I have 14 baby chicks that are two weeks old. We are starting to plan and build our chicken coop. Could I have some opinions on how bog the coop should be and how big the pen should be? Including how tall the fence post should be? Thanks Everyone, I appreciate your opinions.
Hi - My chicks are two weeks old and I am wondering why some poops (sorry don't know what else it's called) are a little runny and some of the chicks have well-formed poops. I am feeding them their medicated starter feed and cleaning their water twice a day. Is there something else I could be...
I have read on here about people feeding their baby chicks hard boiled egg. I thought I would try it. I put the egg in the food processer and mixed it with their feed. At first when I put in it in with the chicks, they didn't seem interested. But my two curious peeps started pecking at it...
Hi My name is Andie, I just acquired 14 new baby chicks, 6 Barred Rocks and 8 Americaunans. I did a lot of reading up on how to care for them. They will be a week old tomorrow. They seem to love when I dip my finger into their water and then into their food, then eating it off my finger...