We just got some 4 week old chicks and about half of them have scabs on their back close to the base of their tail. One of them is actively bleeding, the others are missing feathers and look calloused. Keeping them quarenteed right now and will take pictures tomorrow when it's light out. Is this...
My polish crested rooster is a year and a half old now, and pretty much the best rooster in the whole world. The ladies love him, there's never a fight in the pen, and his crowing is blessedly limited.
Unfortuntely, Poof Head has the bald head that seems to frequent polish crested, and it...
As some of you know (the whole world probably knows by now, really.) Dwkuska gave me some Polish Crested chicks at my request. All of them have been doing well till I checked in and noticed Mojo had dried poop stuck to his bum. I tried a baby wipe on it, and it did not come off. I tried getting...
Yesterday, my DH found an add for Polish Crested chicks, and drove all the way to Rochester to get me 3 little chicks to raise all by myself. :)
Well, with chicken math and all that we ended up bringing home 4. One is dwkuska's, and the rest are mine, They are so cute and personable! I want to...
My husband and I just got 6 baby chicks. This is our first go raising baby chicks. We have them under heat lamps, in bedding, in a little pen in our garage. All went well....for about the first 5 minutes or so.
One of the chicks is attacking its wing. I'm not talking preening, but grabbing...