Went out to the coop this afternoon and one of our leghorns was just laying by the coop door. She cannot stand. If I try to help her stand up it seems like her legs are shaking and she just falls over to her side. She does move her toes and tries to keep her feet under her if I help her to...
I'm pretty sure I already know the answer but we're so new to chickens that I thought I'd ask. We have 2 silkies. The black one has always been bigger than the yellow one although they hatched at the same time, middle of June. Now I guess I know why! So if she's really a he, any suggestions...
We have 2 Silkie chicks that we got at the same time back in June, they were a couple weeks old when we got them. One is growing a lot bigger than the other. It's feathers are fuller, etc. The smaller of the 2 I noticed today looks all wet but it's not. it's dry and kind of crunchy? It could...
Feel free to point me to a different forum if another one is more fitting but since it's about our baby chicks I'm posting here.
We got 2 silkie chicks this past Saturday, they're a couple weeks old I would guess. They're teeny. Just as with our past chicks I have them in a large Rubbermaid...
The build is on! We live in central Texas where it's H O T! The coop will be built between 2 trees so there will be some shade. We're incorporating a few ideas found online.
Our plans are mostly based off this coop but with a larger run (we have acreage)
But the end will be more like...