Today while tending my birds I noticed one of my RSL laying on her side unable to move. When I picked her up, I noticed that one leg is completely limp. With her right leg, she can stand and hop, and will try to perch on my arm. With her left, there is no movement, and she cannot even tuck it up...
Im raising both duckling and chicks in the same brooder. At this point, the 3 ducks TOWER over the 8 chicks, even though they're only 3 weeks and a few days old. I have their coop set up, as I planned on the spending some time together before integrating them with the rest of my flock.
The days...
I am new to building anything to do with chickens. I have some experience watching over chickens for a few families that go out of town regularly. They have 3 chickens in a pen that seems kind of small. When they first built the pen, the grass in their run was very lush. Now there is nothing but...
I have been snooping around this site for months now, and since I got my first chicks last night, I figured it would be the perfect time to join! TSC was running low on the red sex links, so I had to get an assortment of them. I'm hoping they can all get along. I have 3 RSL, 3 White Leghorns and...