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I had a chick act like this a few years ago. We have a bird expert in our area and when I called him he said to give her vitamin E every 4 hours. He also said to never give a bird water by a dropper that you could get the fluid into her lungs and it would kill her. I mixed vit e with her...

Karen, I kept mine in the garage with a heat lamp, but my garage is also heated. I had them in a BIG rubber made bin and shielded them from any drafts. I started them in a box on one side of the bin and expanded their area as they got older. I think the most important thing is to check your...

Hi Karen, I live in Vancouver and started my flock the end of last January. I kept my girls in the garage until they were old enough and it was warm enough to go outside. Urban Farm in Portland is a great resource for all things chicken. They also have chicken classes!! Welcome and good luck

I put my water up just so they could reach and continued to raise it as they got older. My feed is also up and under the hen house. I enticed my girls with special food each evening that I fed from a bowl and then my hands. They are 8 months old now and when they see me come out with the...

Fred's Hens.... I will try that the vitamin e when I get home. She fights the dropper but will take from a shallow dish its just hard to tell how much she is actually getting. If you have tips on how to get a dropper in her I am all ears. And thanks for your response, this is my first flock...

We have talked about that, she seems a little better each day. Today she moved out of her bed and looked around when I came to feed her breakfast. I am still slightly hopeful.

She was fine when I left for work on Friday but by the time I saw her around 6 that evening I was sure there was something wrong. She was laying on the floor of the brooder tucked in a corner and when I went to pick her up she started backing up. I took her outside to get a better look but...

Thank you for all the Welcomes and explanations of "chicken Math". They are getting bigger by the day and the brooder is now the chicken castle as they rapidly ran out of room. I am raising two for a friend but having a difficult time deciding what two I can send to her. :( My girls are...

The plan was to start with 6 chicks and then it was going to be 8, in case we lost some. But darn it when I got to the local farm store they were so cute and so many and I had to have two of each. We now have 12 and they are 3-4 weeks old. I set them up in a big rubber maid storage bin, the...