I got 30 new chicken babies, and one died from me putting the water thing full of water back in the cage, it got squashed, it was a bantam baby, and another died from me sleeping with it.. which I now did good 1/3 times. best not to do that ever again.
Then we left Red Hen, momma of 6 of our...
my babys said Chirpah, Chirpah right after they were completely hatched out of their shell. So I always say Chirpah Chirpah to them from now on.. I wont let them forget their cute words they said. My first chickens I got before the last two years only said Cheap-cheap.
Johnn, I never had a problem like yours, that a stinky rat dug up a dead chicken. I did put a baby chicken that didn't hatch with the others in a pot of mine and I used the dirt to make a new garden pot for my tater plant. it's in a big pot for now, it was in a smaller pot and I transfered it...