Hey all, so I read up that chicks can get fixated on something like pecking at cardboard, but eventually lose interest. Well it's been a week and our 5 and 6 week old chicks are still at it. We have 8 chicks living in a converted dog crate. The bottom half is lined with cardboard to keep the...
Greetings from Washington State!
Growing up my family had 12 hens--barred rock, rhode island reds, sex links, and buff orpingtons. My husband and I just got 8 chicks. 5 are 4 weeks old, and 3 are 3 weeks old.
We have 1 white leghorn, 1 buff orpington, 2 buff brahmas, 2 sex links, 2 rhode island...