2.5 weeks old, almost 3. fully feathered out.. have not had heat or lights for 2 weeks now.
Upon inspecting, the black flies had covered the birds on their necks- and the necks were all bright red. Took back into the shed- doused with 7 bug dust.. and 4 survived.
anyone got a helpful fact to deal with black flies or gnats? Moved my birds outside for first time today... within an hour-- all but one is dead or dying, we'll see how many in the morning are still alive... I think it was the gnats.
well, I've got a dozen 2 week old chicks coming tomorrow- in exchange for a batch of Cornish eggs. So we'll see what happens.How early can you sex them?