I am at a loss on what is happening with our flock. We have had the 19 chickens we currently have since April and they were doing great. They are out and about through the day in a "aviary" of sorts that we built and then they have a protected coop for the night. Last week after we'd been gone...
We're building our coop from salvage, and it's coming along okay. I've read all the posts on sand versus shavings, etc...but I wonder about a cement floor underneath it all. I want to be predator wary, of course, and it seems cement would shut them out entirely.
Any drawbacks to a cement...
We have 20 of our 26 chicks left that we received a week ago today. Up until today they all seemed healthy and doing well, BUT today I found one that was acting kind of drunk. She can't stand up straight and she doesn't have any interest in being active. She's just lying there. I put her in a...
So, we got our chicks yesterday, and our four kids were ecstatic. We were sure to wash up before and after handling the chicks, but I wonder, can new little chicks, fresh from the US mail, get too much attention, right out of the box?
I'm asking b/c we already lost 3 or 4. Conditions otherwise...
New to the forum, always loved the site. We're on a hobby farm in KANSAS. We just ordered our chicks. ((frightened))
We managed to keep a goat alive for a year, now two pigs, and of course a cadre of dogs and cats (these are the reason we are frightened--keeping chicks out of the cats and...