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All these other suggestions are awesome, I have had luck in the past also (if you have the time) by sitting with the chick wrapped in a warm towel (heat it up in the dryer) and giving it electrolyte infused water from an eye dropper and stroking its back gently. Hope it works.

Hello and welcome, That is great! Have fun and good luck!

Hello Marti and welcome from a fellow BYC newbie. Its amazing what they will eat isn't it, lol.

Hello, and welcome, also from Ohio. Glad you could join us and awesome intro.

Hello and Welcome, I am new to this site but not new to keeping chickens. I will try to answer as many questions as I can. OK first and foremost, you can absolutely keep chickens through the winter, you just need to research the breeds you are looking into getting and definitely have a coop...

My thoughts have always been that if I like to eat it my chickens will too. I agree with Diva, its time to either fence the garden or the chickens, sorry.

Thank you, southern Ohio here, lol.

Thanks redsoxs, LOL as of the post earlier I am starting to believe that one of my tetra's is actually an EE, she was always an odd ball looking one with puffy cheeks, in fact thats what we named her. I saw a picture of an EE that looks almost exactly like her. crossing fingers and hoping for a...

Hello and welcome, I am also a neophite to the site. Sorry to hear about your not uncommon loss. The best you can do is try to make the best environment and nutrition for your babies.

Good luck!

I'm sorry to hear that and while I cant offer any suggestions i can say i wish you all the luck in the world.

I use wood chips also, makes great compost

TY, diva, i have been pecking around the site for a couple weeks now and said what the heck i'm here enough might as well join, LOL.

Hello, welcome from a fellow neophite to the site, lol.

Chickens will scratch, and dig at the grass looking for grubs and little tasty treats. So depending on the size of your flock and the size of your yard they could very well leave you with no grass. Dogs can be a big problem when it comes to chickens especially if they are not your dogs and are...

Whoops, how could I forget to include our 4 lovely barred rock girls in that equation!!!

Hello, we are a family of four with an extended family of 32 to include 1 Australian/German Shepherd, a white very independent cat 3 New Zealand rabbits and most importantly 27 chicks, which include 8 black aussies, 6 pullets and 2 cockerels, 6 rhodie reds, all pullets, 7 Tetra tint pullets and...