- Apr 16, 2014
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Just got my welcome letter from BYC support in which it suggested I intro myself. So...we just recently moved back from Australia and bought a nice home with a big five acre parcel. It has a lot of mature landscaping and raised garden beds. We want to have bees, sheep, goats, small pasture pigs? in addition to our chickens. But, also don't want to bite off more than we can chew, so right now, we have 11 chickens. They are about a month old. There are a variety of breeds. I have never ever had 'livestock' before and not sure chickens qualify, but they are certainly way different than any other animal I've shared my life with! So, I very happily and diligently spent time here on BYC and learned a lot. Now I have them, and I have even more questions. We have them in a black Rubbermaid type bin with a wire mesh top. It seems some of the chicks are growing way faster than the others and one of the chicks is a little smaller than others and today when I came home, one of the bigger one's was sitting on her, completely flattened her out, with one wing sticking out..I thought for sure the little was dead, but she's not. However, I think the big one peed on her...can I bathe the little chicks, or wait till they are chickens? I've read a lot about the merek's disease and mites and lice, so now I think my chicks have them all....(I would have been good back in the wild west when snake oil salesfolks came out...I'm a little too easily swayed by the power of suggestion), any ideas how I can tell if they do have the lice/mites etc?? They're pretty unique looking right now, mid transfer between down and feathers....and the poop...wow..so much!
I reckon I've babbled on enough, if you made it this far, thanks!
Oh, we live in the Pacific Northwest Washington state.
I reckon I've babbled on enough, if you made it this far, thanks!
Oh, we live in the Pacific Northwest Washington state.