We are new to keeping chickens and have spent time and money building and clearing land for a coop, supplies etc and all of a sudden in last week two of our Turkens started experiencing symptoms from what we thought was sour crop to unable to stand without being off balance. Soon there after...
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Robb
It seems like there are a million articles on what to feed chicks and when so I will throw it out there as there seems to be debate:
Grit for Chicks?
What exactly to feed chicks besides granule chick feed?
How old before you introduce chicks to scraps and what is recommended 1st?
Dust baths...
So I am a newbie and green as can be and after years of saying I should raise chickens we finally pulled the trigger - in process of building a coop 6x8 coop and 20ft run and the chicks were ordered and told would ship 5/20 so plenty of time to get supplies.
To my surprise yesterday morning I...
It's funny that you say that (make things bigger) as the coop started in the development stage of 4'x5' to 5x7 to 6x8 and a run that spanned 12 feet initially to 20'