We have Boer goats and one has a worm problem and is being treated.
Do chickens get the same type of worms (like the barber pole worm?)
The reason I ask is we been collecting clover and grass from the pasture for the chickens and the the worms have part of their life cycle on the ground and...
Well after getting 32 new chicks March 7th we knew our little fenced in area wasn't gonna work and we had critters get our chickens last year!
So I started to plan out a new run and wanted it covered.
But the shock of what the materials were gonna cost came in to play and was way more then we...
This it our free chick we got from McM with our other 33 chicks.
It's the smallest chick out of our Orps, Bramas, RIR, Barred rocks, White Rocks and A-lorps
Were not sure what breed it is?
Any guesses?
Bob & Ginger
Got our 34 chicks Sunday and Monday we saw one with a little crusty butt and cleaned it up.
One of the smallest chicks died Tuesday but it didn't have pasty butt, I tried to hydrate it but it didn't help.
Then the next day we had 4 more butts we had to clean.
We were getting worried about them...
We thought our order from McMurry was suppose to come today "Monday" but we got em yesterday!
We built a brooder 4x8 with 18 in sides and made a removable divider so for now their in a 4x4 area for a week or two.
All chicks arrived in good health and took right to the food and water.
We added...
Hello this looks like a cool site!
We started keeping chickens the summer before last, got a dozen buff orps from the county fair.
But fox and racoons got all of them!
Now that we know a little more about how to keep them safe were wanting to start with some chicks.
were pretty excited to get...