i lost my flock to a dog friday night , so i am going to get some more chicks for my laying flock and i was thinking about geting a couple of bantys, will they be fine sharing the same coop?
well 14 little babies are learning to fly im so proud but our fences in the yard are only 4' high , so when they are ready to go outside i want to makesure no one will be "flying the coop" so how early can you clip their wings?
can the ducks go in the brooder with the chicks? the ducks are 3 days old today and are as big as the chicks. can baby ducks eat the chick starter too? or do they need flock raiser? the feed store was all out of the small bags of flock raiser and i dont think i will need a big bag for only to...
finaly got the call from our local JAX store last night at 5:30 that are babies were in.so we went and picked them up last night!my kids had so much fun picking out their chicks!they helped get them situated in thier 4'x4' brooder, we showed each one where thier water and food was. when we were...
so when they go broody they obviously stop laying to hatch and care for their babies.
they stop laying when they molt because they need to produce new feathers and not eggs.
so when they are happy they lay. its a natural proces , they eat , drink , sleep and lay an egg.
SO how do they stop...
i am buying some heratege RIR chicks and he sais they are excelent qualety that are the old style RIR's he said from the mohawk (sp?) line. he said that there arent many people that have them . i was just woundering if any one on here has ever heard of them /see them . im going on friday or...
im going this week to get some chicks form a local feed store but i am also going to buy some heratege rir from a breeder (they are due to hatch on valentines day) should i wait till i get those before geting the ones at the feed store and how long should i keep them seperate befor i put them...
im FINALY getting my chicks this weekend!!!!!! im planing on brooding them in my shed out back. i have large 4'x4' wooden crate to use as a brooder pen/box . i will have a light on during the day but as colorado is realy cold at the moment i was woundering how many heat lamps i...
not sure if this is the right place to post this question......... but i was just wondering , my parents have tons of pine needles and i was wondering if it would make a good bedding material for the coop floor?