We lost our first chicken last night. I put 7 five week old french black copper marans in the run with older chickens and they roosted on a firewood pile that I left in there.
Sometime during the night the poor little chick fell down between the woodpile and the chickenwire and couldn't get...
I'm new to chickens and to BYC.
I just started my flock 6 weeks ago with 7-sex links chicks and 2 days ago I brought home 2- White Cochins and 1- Buff Cochin and 7- French Black Copper Marans.
So, that's 17 chicks so far.