Thank you, so so much. I really appreciate your response! Not having had chickens before, it’s hard for me to make the call. She was up and moving around (trying to eat) this morning when I checked, so she isn’t at the point where she is just sleeping all the time.
last night after I posted...
I am coming back to this post because I need some advice. Carly is not doing well. She was holding her own and was never the smallest chick until the middle of last week. She is either losing weight, or not gaining, I’m not sure.
I’ve done moistened food, both with water and egg. She doesn’t...
Interesting... I had actually read about trying to hold the beak, but I wish I had known that sooner due to how much is has shifted in just a few days. I may give that a go! She has gotten friendlier, but I don’t know if she will tolerate pressure on her beak. I’m going to go back through my...
Thank you for your reply! I really don’t feel good about this, but I tend to catastrophize (pretty sure that’s not a word). It’s funny, because she was actually one of the more timid chicks and I wasn’t planning on keeping her (the ones I am not keeping are going to my brothers neighbor and I...
Hi there!
I am brand spankin’ new to this forum. In fact, I joined specifically to get some insight on this, although I imagine it will help in many other ways.
About five weeks ago, I got my first chickens. We got six “mutt” pullets locally who are all doing great and are healthy.
Two weeks...