I have 6 Bantam chick, 4 barred rocks, and 2 Seabright's. They are close to 2 months old and about 90% feathered out. I have them in my 4 foot by 4 Foot coupe on a plywood floor with about 2 plus inches of Pine shavings. When it gets dark they will bunch up on the floor in a corner of the...
My chicks have to the age where I want to get them to drink water from the metal cup with a quart jar to a bucket with nipples (see sample) and I have encountered a problem teaching the about the nipples. I read where you can hold them up to the nipple and get a little water to their beaks...
I have 5 Bantam chicks that are 5 weeks old and I am going to move them from a box in my garage to the coop I built for them. One is a Barred Rock the others are Seabights. The Barred Rock is larger that the Seabrights and seem healthy. I say seems healthy, the Seabrights are about fully...
I am a Newby to this site and this is my first post so I may make some errors. I have just finished my backyard chicken house and sent for some chicks but I live a long way from where they were shipped and half were DOA by noon of the 20 that were shipped I was left with 5. I do not imagine I...