So, as luck would have it... a great deal on shipped hatching eggs popped up and I jumped on it. The eggs will arrive today (just ordered yesterday) but as I count the days... even letting the eggs sit for 24 hours, that would make my 21 days fall on a day that I will be out of town..... Can I...
This little (hopefully) girl is much smaller than the rest of the chicks we have the same age. Any ideas what she may be? We are hoping she is a bantam and not a case of failure to thrive. The bigger one is a Welsummer we are fairly sure.
Do you think this poo warrents a Corrid treatment? There are any 8 chicks in the brooder together. Not all have this kind of looking poo but hard to tell who is doing what for certain. They are 4-6 weeks old. Acting normally otherwise. They are on medicated feed and I did add probiotics and...
Hi I'm Sara. I've had chickens for a couple years that we inherited when we bought our house. Started with 6 orpingtons, hatched a few, now we have 10 adult birds and a couple weeks ago got 8 chicks from a local hobby farm. I find I dote over the chicks like new babies trying to make sure they...