We lost a girl today she was 2 weeks old. I want to know if its something i should be concerned about for the other girls or if she just didn't make it because she was small or had internal problems? She was much much smaller than the rest of the chicks. she doesn't look like she has grown in a...
we lost or 25 girls last night...something had chewed its way in. It was a very very small hole any ideas what it could have been? ate some slaughtered most. Very sad
How do I know if I am over feeding my chicks? should I take their food away? If it sits there they just eat and eat until they look like they are going to explode. I don't want them to develop Ascites.
Should we keep their food in the brooder all the time when they are only small babies or should we take it out at a certain time so they don't overfeed?
If it is 95 to 100 degrees outside and we have our chicks on an enclosed porch with lots of sun and lots of glass windows should we use the heat lamp during the day or ONLY at night? Keep in mind there are 25 chicks and they are being shipped to us as we speek so if i get them this afternoon...
Hello, I am expecting 25 comets in the mail today or tomorrow, we have pine wood chips for their brooder this will be our first attempt at raising chickens. What do you recomend to use for bedding in their nest boxes? Should we use hay or pine chips?
Thanks,
Elizabeth & Harley