I did that with my baby chicks, inside an enclosure inside the chicken pen, they did great AND they will let you know when they are ready for the big wide world. Mine started running up & down the fence line chirping like mad, so I let them out & they did just fine with the adult chickens. The...
This Frizzle is only 3 months old & he is trying to mate anything that moves, hens, roosters & even my Muskovee ducks, this cannot be normal behaviour can it?
This is my purchase from Tractor supply, they were labelled Wyandottes !!!!!!!!!!!!
I bought 6 chicks, they turned out to be one Frizzle cochin, & 5 assorted bantums, one of which looks like a large sparrow, cannot find its breed anywhere. The Frizzle is only 3 months old but is trying to mate...
I have just aspirated my Wyandottes bumblefoot. lots of puss came out but it bled like crazy, soaked her foor in peroxide, put triple antibiotic ointment on it & put her in a quiet plece to recover. She is still on antibiotics. So far she is doing well, hope it continues like that, fingers crossed.
my poor Wyandotte has bumble foot, took her to the vets who gave me Doxycycline to give her, said it doesnt need draining???????? She is doing great, no signs of systemic infection but limps so bad , I feel so sorry for her. Tried the epsom salt thing & it doesnt seem to do anything.
good luck with identifying your chicks from Tractor Supply. I have 6 from there ALL different breeds, the only one I really know what it is, is a Frizzle cochin. he is pretty & quite amazing.