Crazy chick behavior! A day old chick is trying to pull the feathers of off his feet and legs and also off any other chick near him/her. Utter choas! This chick is flipping itself over and make a ruckus.
Is this normal?
I got some chicks from TSC this morning. The clerk said they were rocks?!
They are feather footed with 5 toes; some are chipmunk colored some are pale yellow.
Silkies?
Do your chickens exit your hen house from a pophole cut into the floor of your hen house or do they come out through "a hole in the wall?"
I am considering a pophole in the floor of my new coop to stop the rain from coming in- at least I think this would help.
How do you decide on how big...
They were in a banty sized nest box. I changed them over to a larger one last night. All eggs intact. However there was an additional 5 more under them. I don't which are which but I do know only 8 are fertile. So if I get lucky and all 8 hatch I will be able to discard the rest. Hatch day...
I have 2 nest boxes and 4 hens. I got the extra one when my hen went broody. Got her some fertilized eggs and she has been setting since.
How ever, two of the other hens decided to set with her in the same box. So I tried moving some eggs to the other box and tried to split the girls up...