I had an accidental hatching from a hidden nest in my coop. These chicks are the last three survivors of eight (four were deceased before we'd even found them). I asked for advice about how to help them yesterday, here but now I'm sorta at a loss as to what's wrong with two of them.
They are...
Today just sucks already.
Looks like we missed a hidden nest - as we had 8 babies in the coop this morning - only 4 of which were alive.
I had a parent-teacher conference early so I grabbed two babies that weren't walking - so they wouldn't get trampled - and put them in a box temporarily...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Brand new. I grew up with horses and goats but gave up long ago on the idea of raising anything other than a dog when I moved out of the rural area.
But you can't take the country out of the girl :) And nothing beats a pet that...
Hi Guys!
We are brand new to raising chickens - in fact, we haven't had our chickens for 24 hours just yet :) They are cozy and happy in a pine box in the garage for now, but we'd like to get started on the coop. We have two options, both with very good pros and cons and I'm hoping that the...