Seems I might have a contagious respiratory illness going on with one of my chicks. I've gotten a lot of help from a local woman about how to treat, but I'm scared poopless about injecting anything into my chicks. I'm also not sure what size needle I should be using, either. So here are my...
Seems I might have a contagious respiratory illness going on with one of my chicks. I've gotten a lot of help from a local woman about how to treat, but I'm scared poopless about injecting anything into my chicks. I'm also not sure what size needle I should be using, either. So here are my...
I've got one 3wk old chick who is sick. She was MUCH worse, with very labored breathing and constant coughing, neck stretching and chirping with no voice, but I started them on Corid this past Saturday morning and she's much better, VERY active as well as eating & drinking fine, but still has a...
One of my 3 week old chicks seemed totally fine this morning but now seems to be struggling. Please watch the video and tell me if you know what could be wrong. I noticed while filming that she pooped a white, watery/frothy poop that I've never seen before (she does it in the video while up on...
One of my 3 week old chicks seemed totally fine this morning but now seems to be struggling. Please watch the video and tell me if you know what could be wrong. I noticed while filming that she pooped a white, watery/frothy poop that I've never seen before (she does it in the video while up on...
I know I've heard that maybe they're too warm for it, but I'm just nervous and have to ask, because I had 2 chicks die on my y'day (out of 6) and I just got 3 new ones and I'm trying to make sure we have no more fatalities, as I'm not sure my daughter's heart could survive it.
The situation...
My 1-2 week old chicks were doing fine in their brooder and sleeping under the MHP every night. Yesterday I moved them to a new, much larger brooder and when I just went up to check on them, none of them had spent the night under the MHP - 5 were cuddled up together in one corner (which is...
Hi all - woke up and found this in the brooder. The chicks who did it are very active and all over the place, eating and drinking without issue. I say that because I found this on top of the MHP and the ones who can jump up there are the biggest and most active of all the chicks. There are three...
Hi all - woke up and found this in the brooder. The chicks who did it are very active and all over the place, eating and drinking without issue. I say that because I found this on top of the MHP and the ones who can jump up there are the biggest and most active of all the chicks. There are three...
I've had these chicks since 3/30 and one of them is teeny tiny and lethargic, and has been from the start. She's growing very slowly compared to the others, and she spends 90% of her time under the MHP while the others are all over the place, getting up on top of it, etc. She's also half the...
Hi all - I'm a newbie to all things chicks and chickens, so please be gentle with me, I'm doing my best and have no frame of reference to base anything on.
Got 6 chicks on Friday. One came from a local farm, the others from a place that orders from a hatchery. The single chick seemed lethargic...
This is our first trip outside. Its only 62 degrees but there's no wind and the sun is very warm. I also have a box in the enclosure with pine shavings in it for them to go to if they are feeling cold but so far they haven't gone in it. The youngest chicks are a week old and the oldest are two...
I just ordered my coop and now I'm researching making my own brooder, and in watching a few videos and reading a few things, I'm starting to feel overwhelmed and as if I won't be able to do this. I have 3 small children, one of which was a high needs infant (she is our foster/adopted child who...
I want a huge, beautiful coop with gigantic run - but it's not financially nor time-wise in the cards this year. I don't yet have chickens but I'm desperate to start, as I've been waiting years to live in a house where I could keep chickens (just moved into our new house at the end of last...
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Just moved into a house in a non-HOA neighborhood where many neighbors have chickens, and I hope to as well. I am one who researches something to death before I dive in and do something, so I literally have been reading up on chickens for the past 3 years, just waiting until I could...