She's acting almost fine now. Eating and drinking with the others. It was after she let down by my stepmother. It took several more minutes after that other post then acted more okay. I just only use pine needles not hay nor shavings. I do not have any heating pads just a heat lamp. All the...
I have everything set up, the lighting(heat lamp), bedding, food and water and the chicks just hatched today. The other chicks are running around drinking and eating. I would never get any such animals unprepared.
The chick was and had been already behaving slow before she was taken out of her...
So it turns out that the tractor supply co. had a sale on chicks and happened to have wyandotte chicks. My stepmother bought 5 of them because they were at least a dollar. So today the first chicks that arrived were these ones before the light brahma chicks came. Someone is going to have to...
I have been clearing out an area with the help of my family. An old shack that is perfect for the future coop but they're going to be free ranging so they won't be in one spot at all times. I have already got an area where they hide which are the tree cover nearby the coop with fencing to keep...
Wow a lot of welcomes and thank you all here. Nice to know this is a pretty active forum yay.
Ooo so guys an hour after making that first post I made I was informed that the chicks are arriving tomorrow! They turned out to be early hatchers lol.
The chicks are literally staying in my bedroom...
Hello there I am new to chickens and on the day Wednesday, 12th of September I am receiving my first baby chicks! I have been studying various sources from books, articles, people in person and the web for at least nearly three years straight before I moved to Michigan.
The breed of chickens my...