Hi all. First time chicken mama here and up until now it’s been fairly smooth sailing. My girls are six weeks old today and for the last four or five days they have been sleeping quite a lot in their brooder. We haven’t been able to go outside because it’s been very cloudy, cold, and rainy and...
I’m not sure what to do with this CRAZY BLRW I have. My girls are 4.5 weeks old and almost since day 1 my dotte has been a flighty, crazy, jump all over the other chicks, spaz. I feel so bad for the other girls. She jumps on top of them when they’re cuddled up with me or just when they’re...
I have a 2 week old BLRW that is a total nutcase. She’s constantly zooming around her brooder, knocking her flock mates around, jumping on everything and generally wreaking absolute havoc. She is definitely her own chick, that’s for sure, but I’m a little concerned about the behavior and just...