I got my chicks two days ago from Ideal (they were shipped on May 5). One of my RIR started acting narcoleptic today and is now only responsive if we pick her up. She seemed to start the day fine, but has become more and more unresponsive. They are on medicated feed. She is not pasty. There...
We have babies coming in one week and will have to keep them in the house for a while (we had snow this past weekend, 18* this morning, and are supposed to have freezing rain this weekend...). Is there a way to keep the smell to a minimum? I had planned to keep the brooder really clean...
I've read quite a bit on square footage for chicks in brooders, but can't seem to find info on brooder height. How tall should a brooder be? When do they change from cute fuzzy butts to escape artists? Even with a lid/topper, how much aerial space do they need? I'm getting 19 heavies from...
I just found this website and thought it might be helpful for some:
http://home.centurytel.net/thecitychicken/chickenlaws.html
It lists quite a few cities and their chicken laws.
We recently moved and finally have a place in the country! We will be getting chickens this year and I'm basically wondering how to start. We are in a very cold area (Northwoods of WI) and have had several below zero periods with more coming this week. I'm assuming that I should wait till it...