My 7 yr olds prized chocolate cuckoo Polish chick is 3 weeks old. For a few days her vent has been red and swollen. I was told it was a slight prolapse on a forum. Nothing has helped this chick not have a sore bottom. Can anyone help? I trimmed her tail feathers that were pushing into the area...
This bantam is a roo for sure, the other 3 are noticeably smaller, and he has the beginning of red to his comb/waddles. So much easier to sex than the Polish and Silkies! 4 weeks old
I have 5 polish chicks that are 3 weeks old. All of them but this one have tame cute cotton ball tops. Bed-head on the other hand has one crazy do.
Thoughts?
The farm we own was the first automated chicken farm this side of the Mississippi. In fact much of the original system is still intact in the Spring house.
I am trying to decide if we should use the old chicken house again. (2 foot thick stone walls) I’d need to remake the coop area and run...
We have 12 chicks 2-4/5 weeks old, plus a dozen ducks, 2 rabbits, 2 horses, 2 dogs, lots of farm cats, 3 Guinea pigs, and 2 kids on a 42 acre farm.
The chicks we got are what brought me here. We had chicks when I was a teen. Let’s not discuss how long ago that was haha. I have 4 silkies, 3...