I have 8 1 week old bantam RIR i hatched myself (from shipped eggs). I started with 9, but about 4 days ago one died with no apparent cause. About 2 days ago I mixed then with bantam welsummers I bought from a hatchery. The next day, practically all the RIR (but none of the welsummers) got pasty...
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I was super happy that 9/12 shipped eggs hatched. Everyone seemed fine and healthy. No runny poops or pasty butts. They are on medicated feed. It seemed like everyone was eating and drinking although I don't know that for a fact (they all look pretty much the same - they are RIR...
These cheap temp/hgrometers don't agree, and I calibrated them, too. I have eggs due to go in tonight! Where can I find a more accurate one locally? Pet store?
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I'm thinking about letting my son enter his birds in the Kentucky state fair. We have only done one show, the 4H fair. We went multiple times a day to clean and feed/water the chickens. In reading the entry for the state fair, it SEEMS like the staff at the fair does that? Could that...
Sorry I know this is a basic question. I am a true beginner, I got my first chicks right after easter! I have 6 Black Mottled English Orpington chicks. 2 cockerels, one has feathers on his legs. So that is the one to cull, unless there is a big fault on the other, correct? Of the four pullets...