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update***** after trying to cut whatever is in there and feeling like we didn't get it, she's back to walking rather normal on both feet and the swelling has gone down! i've been giving her epsom salt soaks at night. i pray she's on the mend and this is not just a bandaid. thanks for all the...

we soaked it in warm water with epsom salt and tried to separate it as far as we could and get tweezers in there to cut if there was anything. we got pretty far but worrying it would cause more stress and trauma i didnt want to push any further. it almost looked like we were cutting it more. so...

i have 5, 3-4 week old muscovy ducklings and last night my husband discovered that one had a very swollen leg. it looks like something was wrapped around the leg so tight it's cutting it off, but i can not see anything nor can my husband. we have had the ducklings a week tomorrow and they did...

thanks everyone. this morning after letting my adult out of the coop i was a bit scared to even go in to check the chicks...but praise the Lord all where still happy as can be and went crazy over the 2 worms i gave them. the other silver laced (Gerdy) is doing a great job at keeping her own and...

my little mabel that just passed would get bouts of energy at times as well, she would also peck at spots but i never saw her eat except when i would soak the feed and then hold it right on her beak. i did also, she her drink some. so my best advice is to really watch them and if you think one...

my little mabel passed away through the night. i checked them all about 12am before bed and this morning at 8:30am when i checked she was dead. many tears this morning. i feel so bad. and she was my favorite. she would just let me hold her and love on her. being so new to this i feel like if i...

i found an ad on craigslist for a coop and an adult chicken, i went ahead and bought it after i looked threw the feathers on the chicken and checked everything out really well. the lady i bought it from said she use to have 13 chickens in it, but i'm thinking it's too small for that. i currently...

this was encouraging. i hope this is my little mabels situation too. i just tried keeping her separated to see if she'd poop (then i'd know for sure if she's eating) but she just cried the whole time so i held her and she just fall right to sleep....i let her sleep in my hand for about 15mins...

the brooder mostly has wood pellets, but one corner (the one that has the heat lamp pointed at it ) has pine shavings. when i had been researching about raising chicks i read a few things that said pine shavings were fine. i also posted this...

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i have 2 sliver laced that i've had for 4 days, i got them the first day grange co-op had them delivered, i'm not really sure at how many days old they get them though so i don't know their for sure age. my guess is maybe 6 days old. they don't have any feathers yet, all fuzz still. the reason...

thank you for responding. they all seem to be getting along for the most part now. the babies still want to sleep a lot though and with the older ones running around they get woke up a lot. i'm going to try and figure out a way to give them a hiding spot. also, do you happen to know if it's...

thank you!

i'm a little paranoid that i'll add something that will harm my babies, so i just wanted to double check these pine shavings are ok to add to my brooder.......

i have 8 RIR that are about 2 weeks old (maybe a bit older) and today i just added 2 few day old silver laced. the RIR are pecking at the new ones eyes and becks. it's not constant but still looks like it may hurt. i'm scared to leave the brooder thinking they may harm them. is this normal...

as silly as it sounds i was thinking of painting their nails with nail polish, but then i started to worried it would harm them. so, for the crayola markers you just mark right on their fuzz? i have 8 RIR and while a few have marks i can tell them part by the rest look sooo much a like.

Quote: we are very new to raising chickens, so when i told my husband i was giving the listed stuff above he asked me if i was sure they could have it already and my thinking was, if they were out in the yard they'd be eating this stuff already.... so yes! they can have it already. :)

for treats so far we've done scrambled egg, grass, a random bug (which was funny to watch!) crickets, and a frog.

do 2 week old chicks need grit? and what is the grit?

decided to go with the silver laced, they are so pretty. i couldn't resist. :)