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Thanks everyone. I have a feeling it’s a virus or disease.

They get nutri drench Sometimes but not every day. They do have chick grit.

I got them from cackle hatchery

They are currently in a tub in my home. They have a sweeter heater for heat and the rest of the tub is room temp. So about 70 degrees. They aren’t huddling together and are acting normal. In my coop, they act the same as well.

They are being fed 20% non gmo and non medicated chick starter with niacin added. I’m not giving them anything else in their water or feed.

Of course, I’m one of those people who just doesn’t understand how people brood chicks and they die. I’ve rarely had chicks die and I have chicks about 8 times a year. But here I am criticizing chick owners and I can’t even keep ducklings alive. I’ve had ducklings around 2 times a year for the...

Easter Egger, Buff Orpington and Salmon Faverolle. All super friendly and curiously cute birds.

Last year I got 5 female Ancona ducklings in April. I sold 2 of them and kept the other 3. They began to lay at the end of September and then quit at the end of November. They had straw in their coop throughout this time, but once I ran out of straw, I switched to shavings. I prefer shavings and...

I’m in need of about 4 Ancona Ducklings in February or March. Preferably female and mixed colors. Can purchase more if only straight run is available. Preferably traced back to the Holderread stock. I am looking to add some potential breeders to my flock. I am in Northern California and willing...

Eat roosters. Keep one. If you don’t have the heart to cull them yourself, then see if you have a butcher near you who will do it. Or you can give them away to people who would eat them. I highly doubt you can find eleven people to take a rooster. Order pullets next time, that way you’ll end up...

You have way too many drakes. One is the best, but you could keep two. You’ll have to decide on what to do with the other three. If you absolutely want to keep them, then separating the drakes from females is best.

I’ve never tried cardboard, but a friend has used rubber mats with fake grass carpet on top.

I only have one Marans and she lays lighter eggs with spots OR fully dark eggs. She lays a variety! She is a black copper Marans, not the original French but the kind that hatcheries created as sort of a knock off in the US. Her eggs can still be plenty dark! Your birds look gorgeous!

I had a hen just like that too a few weeks ago!

Congrats! Watch out for chicken math!

Orpington. Possibly the Wyandotte, but it looks a little too dark.

5 of my chicks were hatched by the middle of day 19! The other 2 early on day 20! I am impressed with the 100% hatch rate, since it’s my first time with bantams. They are fully dry but have that sticky look, so I assume my humidity was a little high. Here they are in the baby brooder. The later...

I don’t have the pictures from before since it isn’t my coop. My neighbor had a 5 chicken plastic coop with a wire run and had 20 chickens living in there! (They do free range.) They added boards over the wire and attached it by putting another board inside.

Shade cloth won’t do anything regarding predators or rain but it will be more visually appealing than a tarp. Maybe find some scrap plywood to practice on? Not sure how trusty it would be, but you could use a bolt with a nut and washer to secure through the plywood onto the chicken wire. That...

I think plywood or boards should do the trick. Use a powered circular saw. If you don’t have one already, someone probably has one you can borrow. Add a few new roosting bars and if your nesting boxes inside are really tight, you can remove the divider and add a second box in the run that you...