Another newbie question...my chicks are about a week old. We laid down some hay/straw in one end of the brooder under the heat lamp to give the chicks some cushioning to lay on. However I've noticed that they are scratching and pecking around in the hay/straw - do they need grit added to a...
OK I have an odd question...so here it goes. I picked up a mating pair of East Indie ducks about a month ago for a friend of ours. My son is planning on showing them in 4H at the County Fair this year and they live at her house. Anyways, they are very sweet and we generally get to see them...
Hello all,
My new chicks arrived last friday (all 5 of them) safely and they are doing great. We have had so much fun watching them over the weekend and one of my dogs won't leave the brooder area - he lays there watching them and moans when he has to go to his crate area (hahaha).
Anyways...
Hello All!
I am new here and my 10 year old son's interested in doing the Poultry project in 4H has prompted me here. We are so new that we don't even have chickens yet
I am planning on raising day olds in our basement and then moving them to my friend's house who has a decent sized coop...