i have a rooster that currently has a black comb and struggling with breathing. I read I should use copper sulphate in their water. I bought some on amazon and it has all kinds of warnings about being poisonous and wearing protective gear etc... did I get the wrong thing???
This is the first time we ever left some eggs for our broody chicken to sit on... she had been there for about a week and then after there was another group of eggs in the nesting box next to her she switched!!! Are the other eggs bad now??? What should I do??
I'm so excited that we got our first egg today! Seems tinier than the ones my older hens layed for their first. Wondering if maybe it's one of the Orloffs maybe? These are the breeds we got this year... any guesses based on size and color? The other eggs are from my red sex links.
Wyandotte...
So I have two black copper marans chicks. The breeder says that all of hers get pink/red combs and waddles early. The boys I guess just get larger as they get older obviously. I thought I probably had two cockerels bc compared to my other chicks they have large legs and pinker combs.
Then I...
I got 13 chicks this year and most of them are going on 2 weeks this weekend. They are getting crowded in the bin I've been keeping them in in the mud room so I'm thinking of a good next step... garage w newspaper and maybe baby pool? I've seen lots of posts on baby chicks in small brooders...
I have three Russian Orloff chicks that are 1 week old and we think the smallest one might be a rooster based on his slower feathering. One of the other two is much bigger with much longer thicker legs. Is it common for such a drastic size difference so early on?