Everyone has been asking 'how do you peacefully, humanely put chicks out of their misery?'.
Well today I found out. One of very 3 day old vorwerk chicks had severe slipped Achilles' tendons in BOTH legs, and badly curled toes. He had an abscess on his neck and couldn't get anywhere to eat or...
One of my nine eggs pipped today, and it was at the wrong end of the egg. I made a little hole in the membrane so he could breath, and everything was fine. I went out for a while and when I had got back, nothing had changed, but he wasn't peeping anymore. I made the hole a little bigger and...
I have 8 eggs due to hatch on Saturday, and I have no idea what to call them!
This one hatched 5 days early (same batch of eggs), it's a buff sussex.
The eggs I have are:
1 more buff sussex
3 frizzles
1 light sussex
2 vorwerk
1 speckled sussex
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How long do you keep them in the brooder? I have 4 frizzles, 1light Sussex, 2 speckled Sussex, 1 buff Sussex, and 2 vorwerk eggs. They're due to hatch on Saturday so I'm not in too much of a rush. Also, I have 4 older chickens, and someone told me they might have IB. Is there anything I can do...
I noticed that my chickens had lice a few days ago so tomorrow I am sorting that out. I have all the correct stuff to use. I also notice they have runny noses and are coughing/sneezing. They keep shaking their heads and wheezing but I can't afford to take them to a vet! What do I do?!
Any...