Okay, so I have a broody sitting on eleven eggs right now. She has been sitting in the nesting box which is about eighteen inches off of the ground. I tried to move her to a dog kennel but she kept trying to get out and not sitting on the eggs. Anyway, I know once the chicks hatch this will be a...
I received my chicks yesterday and all seemed to be great. Today I noticed one sleeping a lot, which I know chicks do, but when I returned from lunch I knew something was wrong. I picked her up and her body is just limp, her head dangles, her eyes are closed and she looks really bad. She is...
Hey y'all. I will be moving to Mexico in February and I have a flock of five that I want to bring with me to my new home. Does anyone know anything about crossing the border with them? I'm driving so the plane isn't a problem, but I just can't find anything online about it. Thanks in advance for...
Ok, so I've had Artemis for fourteen weeks yesterday. That makes him fifteen weeks old. He is a baby, my baby. He cuddles with me and sits in my lap and just everything that you'd hope a rooster would be like, except...this may sound crazy because why would someone want it, but when will he...
I saw this and I thought it was great! Didn't want it to get lost in the "fun" category because it is behavior, so here it is.
http://tinyurl.com/289z73b
Literally, I mean. My chicks spent their first night outside last night. They all huddled up together by their feeder and did really well. I opened the coop this morning before I left for work and everyone was happy. I got to watch them "walk the plank" for the first time after their first...
How long do you keep your chicks separated when combining flocks?
I recently (four weeks ago) bought some one week old Dominiques, two pullets and a roo (the roo was supposed to be a girl). Today, I bought some two week old Barred Rocks, two of them. I have them separated at the moment but the...
I bought a small fan to install in the coop because it gets very hot here. It doesn't blow hard, or a whole lot, but enough to circulate the air in the coop. Is this a good idea or not? I read about keeping it draft-free and a fan would definitely not keep it that way. It is not a large coop...
My little biddies are really growing up. They've been going outside to free-range each day for about thirty minutes or so. Well today, they've begun to enjoy the dirt a little more. They dustbathe inside regularly via an upside down frisbee in their brooder, but now they've started doing it...
Ok, so I got these three chicks from a neighbor who had to buy twenty-five chicks in order to get the Dominiques that he wanted. I built a coop and had been looking to get some chicks for a while, but had a hard time deciding on a breed. So, I chose these three due to convenience and "who they...