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Hi, It's been a while since I've been on. It's been a very busy Christmas and New Year and then a house inspection and now getting kids ready for school. My chickens are 11 weeks old now, I think, and the four boys have started crowing. My room is down the front of the house so if the windows at...

My chicks survived the night outside and I didn't lose too much sleep either. I threw a handful of fine scoria on the grass in their coop hoping it will do the trick for now. They've even gone exploring up the ramp and into the roosting area, although I didn't see it the pine shavings are messed...

Is there a place I can find grit for chicks online? I can't seem to find anything except grit for grown chickens.

They're Pekin bantams and I agree, I can't imagine it being comfortable for even four full sized bantams. My friend has a few and she lets hers free range completely and they sleep in a dog kennel. I was hoping to free range but lock them up at night. I have nine at the moment but I really only...

Now that I have chickens I'm seeing just how little shade we have in our back yard. My fig tree and mulberry tree are just babies still and don't provide much shade. Some of the bath tubs are closer together so I'm going to run some boards between them as temporary shade. Their first night and...

I agree that it definitely won't be big enough (the box said for 6) but it might be a scaled up version of the one you bought as they aren't having any problem with the ramp. It was all I could afford at the moment and I'm hoping it will do until I figure out which ones are roos and maybe have...

Sorry about the sideways picture. My phone is being a pain.

I put my 4 1/2 week old Pekin bantams in their coop this afternoon. Is it okay that they just on grass for the time being and then I'll cover it with pine shavings? I kind of rushed their move because they really have outgrown where they were. Also should I open the top part up,where the roosts...

They definitely need more space.I can't believe how quickly they grow. I've been getting their food from Petstock and I don't whether I'm blind but I can't seem to find any chicken grit there and online it all seems to be adult grit. As the chicks are only 4 weeks old I should maybe be feeding...

Ha ha. Yes, but there's lots of broody silence that lets me know he's unimpressed.

Hi, I think I introduced myself already and have been lurking for a couple of weeks. My chicks are four weeks old tomorrow and are growing like weeds. I'm hanging out to get them their coop as 9 of them fill the little guinea pig hutch. I wasn't expecting as many as 9 of my 12 eggs to hatch...

Fantastic!

I know what you mean about hating seeing it suffer. I thought the same thing when mine was in the chick chair and was afraid I was going to have to cull them. Thankfully mine were okay, I think in the end they just had splayed legs. Fingers crossed here.

Let us know how it all goes. I hope he/she gets well.

Have you tried a chick chair. If it's a slipped tendon I think that's really the only way besides operating that can fix it but it needs to be done quickly. I thought two of my chicks had slipped tendons and made them chick chairs. It turns out that they just had splayed legs so I didn't need to...

Our chicks are nearly 3 weeks old. They are doing so well with their heating pad and have so many feathers now. Every time I open the door to their cage they try to get out so today I let them. They're so quick I didn't think I could cope with all nine out so when the first one jumped out I shut...

I had this happen to two of my chicks. I thought it was slipped tendons and so I put them into chick chairs. They were fine after a day or so in the chairs but I think it was more likely to be splayed legs and I probably should have just hobbled them.

These little darlings are one week and one day old. After bringing them all back inside because of some leg issues in a couple I finally felt confident to put them back out again when they were 5 days old. They are well protected under our pergola near my family room door and at night I put a...

Ha Ha! When I had a 100% hatch rate I was all for trying again but the emotional rollercoaster I've been on since Wednesday I'm not so sure now :)

I put them back in with the others and then thought oh no, I should have made a way to distinguish them from the rest. One I can tell but the other one looks exactly like another chick. But they are walking around fine and I can't tell any difference between the way they walk and the others...