I have 24 chicks, rir, cornishx, and a few barnyard mix. There all around 2 weeks old. The temp gets down to low 50s at night. I have a old rabbit cage with solid sides on 3 sides and can put a heat lamp in there with them. The cage has wire mesh bottom and top. Do you think they will be fine or...
I have/had 5 rirs about a yr old free around my yard for about 5 mths now with no problems at all. I have/had 3 silkie and 3 dominic chicks about 4 mths old in a rabbit cage floor 1/2" x 1/2" and sides 1" holes. I feed them before dark every day. Yesterday all my chickens were here and fine...
I have a silkie chick that kept running into everything. I picked him up and seen boh eyes stuck shut. I cleaned up one and worked it open. The other eye won't come open and looks infected. Any ideas?
I know this topic has been brought up a few times but I really need help. I have 6 hens and was getting 5-6eggs a day for months. All of a sudden I wasn't getting any. Done a little investigating and there eating all the eggs. Not just one of the chickens but a few. How to stop them?? Filled...
I have some 10 week old coturnix quail. I've been having them in my shed since they where hatched. With the smell I'm ready to put them outside in there bigger cage but not sure if its still to cold. What temp is to cold at this age? They will be out of the wind and I'm in south Louisiana so its...
I bought 16 baby quail 7 weeks ago. I have white, golden and brown. The dark brown where pretty easy to tell the male and female. Do all females no matter of the color have the spots on the chest? I'm under the impression I have only 4 females and rest males what's the chances of this?