Hey l8bloomer! I am in dorsey (near bunker hill and bethalto) and would love to talk chicken if you still have questions. I am still learning but you can learn from some of my mistakes. I will email you my number....it would be so nice to have some local chicken friends!
Ok...so lets say "someone" on this forum (cough cough...me) was one of those people who has a coop with a heater that turns on when the coop gets below freezing. My girls are now used to that....if I take away the heater next winter....will it be too much of a shock? Our weather here has been...
Oh also...the chick that died was 9 days old...she still has two eggs under her. Should I take them? She has been sitting for on one for 25 days and the other for 28 days. If so...how do I do this? Should I put her outside with some scratch to distract her and then take them? She has been...
We just had this happen a few hours ago! Heartbreaking :(. I am not sure i will be able to find her some eggs to hatch out, or a new baby. Will she be ok? I feel so awful for her....she is just sitting on the coop floor with her face to the wall. She is s Silkie also....and by far our...