I have a 17 week buff laced polish. She is at the bottom of the pecking order. The last two weeks she has not gotten down from the roost. I have to pick her up and put her on the ground. Then she will run over to the food and water. Yesterday my husband came home from work around 4pm and...
I'm pretty excited. My chicks all seem to be doing great. I have an Ancona, an Andalusian, a barred rock, and I think my banty is a golden seabright. My only disappointment is that my city will only allow me to have 5 hens!
Thank you. I've thought about giving up after this wretched experience. But our coop is almost built. It has made me question everything that I did. I have read and studied for 2 months. I built a brooder out of a plastic tub knowing it would eventually become too small and then I would move...
Temperature on the floor of my brooder is 95 degrees. The chicks are spread apart and not huddled together. They are sleeping and randomly chirping. I never see them get any water on their own. The only water I have seen them get is what I have given them in a dropper. The one that was running...
Hello all,
I received 3 chicks this morning from cackle hatchery. They were shipped out in the 24th and arrived today the 27th. I received the phone call from the post office at 0658 hrs and had them under the heat lamp in 10 minutes. We heard mild cheeping from one. When we opened the box one...