This is our first time with chickens. We picked up our baby chicks February 19th (so we have had them about 6 weeks). We have the coop all built (except for the nesting boxes) and ready. The temps during the day around 50-60 degrees and lows are about 30-40. Are they ready to go out there...
I have chicks about 5 weeks old. One of them has a different tail from the rest. It is a taller more fan-like tail, whereas all the others are lower and more horizontally positioned. Could it be that she is a he after all?
We just, for the first time, brought home chicks(8) to raise! We are thrilled. Unfortunately, one of them has taken a turn for the worse. She is just laying around. Seems more interested in eating the pine chips she came home in. She had a bowel movement on my son yesterday while he was...