Chicks are 48 hours old now. We lost two from the shipment on the first night, apparently just from stress. Two chicks were pasted up in the morning and I soaked their booties with a warm wet cloth and managed to loosen most of the poo though but I think they lost some down in the process, but...
Our day-old chicks arrived today and all seemed healthy and active. They all had drinks, ate a few hours later. But now it's almost 11 pm and they're still all milling around in the brooder and I just found one dead. Temp seems right, 90ish. Food, water, no nasty peck wars going on, safe and...
Hi everyone,
When my neighbor moved I agreed to take care of her chickens and a duck that had been largely neglected for a while as she was only up to care for them every two weeks. So now I've cleaned out their very dirty coop and run and put in fresh straw, filled up their feeder and will...