I have three chicks that are about 2.5 weeks old. They seemed healthy and happy until the last five days or so, when I noticed them eating and drinking less and growing weaker. They are still gaining weight, just very slowly, but they're definitely not the vibrant, active chicks they were at...
tl;dr Any guesses on breed for these three? One black/silver, one peachy with faint red stripes on her back, one black/gold striped. The black/gold striped one has feathered legs.
The longer story:
We got four sexed chicks about four weeks ago. One of them turned out to be a roo, which made...
Hi! I just got four little chicks a couple of weeks ago. These will be the first chickens I've kept as an adult, though we always had a small flock of ~8 RIRs when I was growing up, and I had pet banties as a teen.
That was out in the country, though, and the new little chicks will be town...