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i have 5 3 month old chicks ,they are quite big and have been out side for a while, i want to get 2 RIR, can i just put them in with the other chickens or will this cause problems, oh the RIR will be grown chickens

ok, brilliant, i have grit and they have been getting it often, and feeders and i know the main things, but what about worming ect, im planning to get some eletrolytes and vitamins but what about red mites, my neighbours had chickens a while ago and they got red mites so mine are bound to get...

:huOk, so ive got 5 9 weeks old chicks and have lost only one since i got them at 1 week old, i got caught out with the one i lost and didnt have any thing to help it through, so i ended up having to use sugar water, so we are off to the chicken shop and making ourselves a first aid kit but the...

thanks, i hope it was just that and not any disease, my other chicks all seem compleatly normal but now im paranoid, keep popping out every 5 mins to check them:he

Unfortunatly she had passed away when i got up this morning, but last night when she was trying to poop i noticed that she had a quill coming out of her bum, it was very long and didnt have any feathers on it, im wondering if she has pecked at one of my other chicks and swollowed one of the...

Unfortunatly she was dead when i got up this morning, but i did notice last night that when she was trying to poop that she had a quill coming out, i t was very long and didnt have any feathers on, im wondering if she has pecked at one of the polish chicks (because their feathers are quite long)...

ok, she is in her own brooder and drinking sugar water off of a spoon as she is not doing it on her own, she is peaking at food if i put it right up to her peak, she has been on her own for about 3 hours and hasnt done any poops, but thats just since i know it could be longer, she also isnt very...

ok, well she is seperate from the others and has been for a couple of hours now, she is not drinking on her own and isnt really feeding either unless i but it right up to her peak, i have been giving her sugar water off of a spoon but she just doesnt seem interested in it, i have also noticed...

ok, ill try the sugar water, they are 7 weeks old and yes they are on the ground

ok great ill put her in a different place away from the others, when she pasted up it definatly wasnt covering her hole and she could still poop ok, thanks

ok, so i didnt know where to post this so ive posted it in emergencies aswell, ive noticed that my silkie chick is not behaving the way she usally does, shes quiet and not fighting for treats like she should be, and when i pick her up there is no fuss or noise she just sits on me really quietly...

that my 7 week old silkie is not its self, it is being very quiet and not really walking around much, it is usally quite a energetic bird so im thinking it is sick, none of my other chicks have any of these symptoms and are litrally walking over the top of her, shes eating but not as much as...

OK, so we came home yesterday and all the chicks are fine, they have grown so much! they really seem to be loving their new home, before i went away i was having to get into the run and place the chicks in the coop one by one at night time, but now they just go in when they are ready and i go...

OK panick over, so they are out and have been for 2 nights (first of which i didnt sleep) and seem to be really enjoying it, i go on holiday tommorow and im quite happy that they seem ok, when i put them in the coop at dusk they go really quiet and settle down real quickly.......thanks for all...

im so sorry for your loss, i think losing your Dad must be one of the hardest things ever, because hes always the strongest person in your life, some one you look up to every day. And as im sure you are aware one of the few men that wont ever let you down......Deepest sympathies

ive only been buying bags for the moment because ive only got 6 chicks but its very inexpensive here, but we did just finally find a place the supplies all chicken feed ect and they sell bales of hay for about £5. so i think i will use hay, ill be cleaning out once every week so i think hay will...

I wouldnt risk it........the rats or the marital problems, storeys guide to raising chickens says "rats eat eggs and chicken" Wife 1 Husband 0

Im pretty sure no predators can get in and we live in a very built up area and ive never even seen a fox, but plase keep your fingers crossed for us, as for the holiday its been planned for months and my 4 kids have never been away b4, there is no way i could get out of it.Ive done everything i...

ok so my husband has just gone to pick up our coop, the chicks are 6 weeks old and are out growing their brooder so we figured its now or never.......im terrified, they love being outside and rooting around in the mud BUT ALL NIGHT! im just scared for them,when i look at some of the other pics...