Hey there, I just picked up this boy from an auction yesterday... I noticed his droopy eye, does it look like eye worm? I picked up some Vetrx from TSC in case it is.. He came with 2 hens as well...I haven't noticed anything abnormal with them, but if it is eye worm should I treat the whole...
We call her big momma as she has taken all the little chicks under her wing. She's about 3.5 months old, we are hoping she's really a big momma and not a big daddy lol!
There is something wrong with my chick! I went to go check on them and bring them outside and I saw this girls eyes looks like they had been poked out, I cleaned them with a warm cloth, but the poor thing is all swollen! I noticed 3 others look like their eyes are irritated too, but nothing like...
We just ordered 15 chicks that should be arriving on Wednesday...my boyfriend picked this up at tractor supply today and we were thinking of placing it underneath the straw in the brooder, we don't use a heat lamp, but a 75 watt bulb instead for safety purposes. On the instructions they say...
I started with two, one month old bitties, who are doing fantastic. Then we got 9, 1-4 day old chicks... And they are dropping like flies! They are all kept in the same room, but seperate brooders, temp in room is typically around 80 and they have a 75 watt light bulb. Chicks never seem too...
I just picked up 9 little babes yesterday, they are a barnyard mix, the guy had quite a few breeds from EE, Marans, wyandottes, orphingtons, RRs, austrolops, Isa Browns and I'm sure a few others. Anyways, I was just curious what y'all thought they may look like as they get older. I took...
I am thinking about placing an order through ideal chicken hatchery...anyone here have any experiences with th? Good or bad?
I was thinking about getting the "Standard Pullet Assortment".... Has anyone done this before? I am not looking for anything fancy, just some good layers, however, I do...
Hey! We are now proud parents for the first time with chickens! I just came home from picking up a coop that we found on CL, which then turned into us taking home these two babies as well, I think the guy said they were born on or around Xmas, so that should be putting them around 4 weeks old...
Hey y'all, just looking to see if there's any hatcheries in SC, I'm about an hour from Columbia and willing to travel a bit... The problem with ordering online is I am only wanting about 6 chicks and need them to be sexed. All of the online hatcheries that have low minimum orders don't seem to...
my mom just called me saying 3 out of her seven (3 week old) chicks have swollen to looking crops... How can we tell if they are just "full" from possibly hoarding their food versus impacted? She is currently seperating the 3 to keep an eye on them....I will upload some pics now
Okay, so we are new to the chicken world, and looking to start our backyard flock this coming July/August. I do not think the local TSC and feed stores have chicks available then.... I am only looking for about 4 chicks to start out... Do yall suggest any hatcheries? Should we just wait until...
Does anyone find it worth while it buy a pre-made coop? My boyfriend is currently deployed overseas and I am pretty clueless when it comes to any form of construction, so I feel as though it will be a major failure to attempt to build a coop on my own! Any suggestions on any coops? I am looking...
Hey there! I am looking into raising 3-4 hens, I am currently looking into suggestions on coops! And if anyone else in the area has an idea on what the laws are here in Sumter that would be wonderful :)
Hey there! I will hopefully be getting started in raising some chicks! And I am wondering if anyone else in this area knows anything about the laws here in sumter pertaining to owning 3-4 hens?