My 4 week chicks were picking on the 2 cochins in the bunch til the point of bleeding. On advice I got from BYC I sent hubby out for Blue Kote but the store only had Rooster Booster pick no more. It is working well on the smaller chick with more extensive injuries. However when trying to do the...
My chicks are 4 weeks. They have ample room for the 10 of them but today they decided to peck the 2 cochin chicks (mixed breeds...all standard) until they are bleeding (one is our smallest chick and she has a lot of blood near the tail and the other just a little along the back where his...
We bought a house with a shed that the previous owner turned into a coop. The floor is plywood that needs to be replaced before I can move my chicks in (they are 3 weeks old so I have time to make repairs before they are big enough). I think there are mice under the floor as well. My husband...
I was born in a HUGE city...and progressively moved to smaller and smaller towns. I think I am a country girl at heart...was just born in the wrong place. My dad still lives in a big city; mom lives in cookie cutter suburbia (ugh)...but I like to be able to see the stars at night. My hubby and I...
First time chicken owner. Ordered 10 rainbow (mystery) pullets from Meyer. Any ideas on breeds? Any of them look like a roo? (We could keep a roo but prob no more than one...) They are almost 3 weeks...First two seem same breed...Brown Leghorn? Sussex?
Blue Andalusian? Lavendar Orpington...