I made a dust bath for my chicks using a few ingredients I saw outlined a lot here on this website:
5gal fine, clean, dry dirt/dust
2gal perlite (fine silica sand)
1qt DE
1/2 cup 0.25% Permethrin dust (I noticed one of the chicks pecking incessantly at her backside, and saw some sores. Figured...
We recently got 2 chicks (now at about 5 weeks) and purchased an off-the-shelf coop from Costco. Right now it's plenty big, but I'm concerned about when they get bigger. I saw their parents, and they were fairly large...
The coop run measures 2'x6', the highest inside point is 2'6" and the...
Hi, we recently got 2 new chicks from a friend of ours. They came to us at about 2 weeks and are now 5 weeks. These are our first chickens and we're learning a lot very quickly; we don't know what breed or sex they are though. After reading through lots of threads on this site and others, and...
Hi out there! After talking about it for some time, my wife and I just got ourselves 2 baby chicks from one of her coworkers. We couldn't be happier! They're great fun and we're learning a ton every day. This website has been a great resource during their first 5 weeks and I figure now would be...