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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

: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...

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, 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 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...

hi, i always hear/c you lot talking about giving ur chicks yougart and how they go crazy for it, but what kind is it, is natural yougart ok for them:yiipchick

hi, i hear everyone talking about grit but just wondered if it is a treat or a essentual. They r 5 weeks old,. I have brought some off ebay today incase it is essentuall, advice needed

Hi i have 6 baby (6week old) chicks, 4 polish and 2 silkies. I want them to have the best life they possible can, and because its so hard to find out anything about chickens here, byc and storeys guide is the only help i can get. They spend most days in a make shift pen in the garden where they...

;)So my chicks are only just over 4 weeks old, i have 4 polish and 2 silkies. At the moment i am feeding them non medicated chick crumbs, they all seem to be growing fine and look really healthy, but im not sure when i am suppose to start feeding "grown up food" and what grown up food is best...

I read somewhere that at 4 weeks i should add a perch to my chicks brooder so they dont get a bent breast bone, well i did this this morning, but they r not perching on it, just jumping over it. Is this normal or not, please advise:/

hi, i have just got some chicks from my daughters school that needed a good home, we have a good general idea of how to take care of them and they all seem to be doing just fine, but i just need a little guidence on how to keep them healthy and happy, they r only just over a week old,in a...