These chicks are only about a week old. In their little water trough I find a clear/translucent worm, about 1-1/2 inches long, and I'm freaked out. I called the Co-Op where I bought them; they said wormer medicine is for hens, not chicks, who are not known to get worms. Well, what am I supposed...
We have four chickens, 19 weeks old, never laid eggs yet, never wormed (I didn't know we were supposed to...this is our first "flock") This morning 6 a.m. I saw some blood, a little was splattered on the door, so I thought maybe they had a minor tiff last night. Went out later at 10 a.m. and...
When our chicks were little they loved worms out of the garden; they would get all loud and aggressive trying to get to them (and away from each other.) They are now 9 weeks old, and I just dug up some worms to give them a treat, and put them into the pen. They pecked at them and walked on them...
One of our 4-week-old chicks had a long piece of grass hanging out of her mouth for about a half hour, so I tried to pull it out, but it seemed to be hurting her, so I broke it off. I hope it's all right they are eating grass. They have only been outside now for two days. Hope I haven't put them...