She died last night her sister that couldn't open her eyes is fine now she's actually less active stands up sleeping her other sister just sleeps EVERYTIME I dip her beak she freaks out and DOSENT WANT to drink THEY also seem VERY uninterested in food she also sometimes breathes hard
To all the chicks or just those 2 BTW the one who could not be is better and can see and is running around but the other one is very inactive won't even get up anymore... cuz it keeps tripping on its new cast
Today my 3 baby chicks came in the mail.1 has wobblely legs and there spred out and has his eyes closed CANT open them
Another one cant open his eyes and is a little wobblely
The other one is fine
I have seen them biting their combs when I toss them treats and the broody hen just attacks the hens for no reason they will just walking past her and she'll flag her wings and attack them and yes they have access to the fenced area at all times
Well I was actually looking forward to slikie hens and then this guy got mixed up with the slikies he was Supost to be a hen when he matured and turned out to be a rooster I kinda panicked but I would never give him away so even if he does start crowing there's always collers
It's night over here and cold and I am already in bed in my pijamas sorry ill try to send you one tommorro and I know he's a rooster because we have a female slikie they where born in the same day and females doesnt have large wattles he does and he also has a large crest while the female does...
Hmmm I got the birds all together at tractor supply on march 5 of 2016
The coop is about as long as a queen sized bed as well as it's W there's no run only a fence with a lot of space around the coop
I am located near Chicago and it's been some days hot Others mostly windy
It's started since...
It's weird Ive had slikies and other breeds mixed and no conflict at all when I used to live in Wisconsin and I moved to illinios i have 2 slikies and 3 red sex links I am also getting 3 new chicks 1 Easter egger 1 black astrolope and 1 sliver laced Wyanto( I don't know how to spell it)
I really can't take it to the vet as last time we where charged 800 dollars when we did all the treatment for the chickens is there anyway I could do it at home?
3 of my chickens were attacked by a dog we took them to the vet and they had to put one down and two we had to give them medication from it's been a month and they acted alright our rooster thunder he's a slikie and he healed right away but our red sex link hen acted okay 2 wounds healed but...
I don't really like free ranging as I live in a small town and there's dogs everywhere I keep my chicken in a tall fence and let them free range supervised once in a while plus 1 month ago I lost a chicken to a dog also raccoons are know around here....