Forgive me for not using the correct chicken terminology but we just got two bantam old english bantams and one is SO tiny and I noticed when we brought her home she had something on her butt. The actual opening looks swollen and below it is something scabby and I've thought it looks like dried...
We just got two baby bantams yesterday. Both old english one blue and one chocolate. My chocolate one is twice the size and we aren't sure what sex they are. Isuppose we wait to see when they get older? This one looks just like my chocolate one (we named her HersheyK and the blue one...
Allison, thank you so much for the response! I live in Middle Tennessee in the Nashville area and our weather has been crazy lately! Its been cool and today we are suppose to get back up into the upper 70s.. I'm afraid I'm not quite sure how old my chicks are. I'd say the Orpingtons are about 3...
Quick question.. What is the temp that's safe to put the chicks outside? I'm stepping them down 5 degrees each week but is there a certain temp I'm working towards or just waiting till they are all feathered out.
I'm hoping to get a Jersey Giant this summer from the fair, I'm new to chicks and neither my co-op or tractor supply had any in or on the schedule to come in. So I'm not really sure where to get one. Our 4-H kids in HS usually have some for purchase at our fair in Sept after they are shown. I...
Hello!! I'm new too but I wanted to give my advice that it might be a good idea to seperate her fro the other chickens until you can rule out other illnesses. There is alo a thread on I here I believe about illness/diseases/cures...maybe chk there? Good luck and I hope she gets better soon!
Thank goodness my friend turned me on to BYC! We have had our chicks since April 6 and 12th. The first two we got were two Buff Orpingtons and then the following week we got to Black Australorps. I can't stop talking chickens to my friends and I'm sure they are sick of it. Lol. One friend says...