my family impulsively got new chicks and then proceeded to make me take care of them even though I've got no experience with chicks. They're two weeks old now and one of them can't seem to walk all of a sudden, it looks like it can't keep it's balance when it tries to, like it's leg sticks out...
This is our third year getting new chicks. We originally thought we'd get 5 Rhode Island Reds, then the next spring we decided to get 4 Black Australorp chicks. We lost one of the RIR chicks on the first night but the others grew up to be amazing layers, we recently lost 1 BA to a predator but...
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I am located in Hawaii and I am new to owning/raising chickens! I run a market garden and eventually want to add pasture-raised eggs(mobile coop style) to my CSA for my customers! I don't have any chicks at the moment but I am looking to put in an order asap, as the hatcheries...
Hello everyone, a family friend of mine is currently incubating some eggs that we had so we’re expecting chicks in a couple of weeks. We’re totally new to raising baby chicks so I do need help with getting a good setup for them. We already have a 3-4 feet by 1 1/2 foot cage.
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Hello! So i just got 5 day old chicks yesterday and im brooding them in my room for two weeks before moving them outside and expanding the brooder. as soon as they got settled they became very quiet and happy, and very friendly. Darting in and out of the heat pad, eating a bunch and drinking...