I have had them inside for one whole week now, so they are only 8-9 days old (purchased from the local farm store) and my gold sex link keeps "yawning" and stretching out her neck, and scratching at her ears. I constantly change their water, bedding, feed and clean them if they manage to step in...
So far so good! Its my first time ever raising a back yard flock and so far, only a few problems. One chick, Checkers, had pasty butt the first day, but with a little butt bath and some monitoring, the problem has gone. Noticing a lot more poop in the brooder already too, so lots of cleaning for...
Hello all!
Today is the start to my adventures in raising backyard chickens! My name is Lyndsey and I live in Washington state. I set up my brooder and have all my supplies and got my little chickies from the farm store around the corner. I plan on raising a mixed flock and have a Barred Rock...