The chicks (only three now - six on 9/02) have been on the ground since day one. Mama hen dropped them from the nesting box and we've put the box on the ground where they sleep in, under her, every night, and venture in the say 9 x 12 area (covered pen) every day. Not able to get back up to sleep in the coop where they hatched in the box in the beginning. We feed them chick starter, dried meal worms (I wet them to make them come to life), boiled eggs, lettuce, and scratch feed (corn). They have fresh water and sunlight comes in from all sides. I've recently added wheat straw and raked out a lot of the top surface before putting down the wheat straw. Do you think I need to get some Corid to give to them all? We're working on an attached run, but haven't been able to put them in it yet. Saturday when I was working on cleaning the pen a little and adding the straw I could tell Henny Penny wanted to take them out! I'm trying to get them into the run ASAP! We didn't plan for these chicks as well as we should and now we're or they're paying the price. All help is much appreciated.
