I’m worried that one of my chickens is sick. I switched from organic chick feed to medicated pellets gradually, and have added laying pellets 3:1 for every day with a Tbsp of black sunflower seeds and pumpkin today for my 20 weekers .
They also get some cantaloupe and seeds, watermelon, celery...
I read that 8 wk old chicks need probiotics in their main water supply. So they’ve been outside in the coup and run for about 6 days, still haven’t figured out the yellow toggle in the cup, although I go out periodically during the day to show them. They do drink the water in the cup, but don’t...
We have three new chicks. Ameri, Nori, and Marina are their names which correspond to their breeds. We’ve watched our daughter raise chicks for seven years and decided to try it. We hold them twice a day and say “cheep cheep cheep” every time we feed them or hover to watch them. They are so...