Maine

[woods79]

was an exciting day, got the outdoor run done and our 3 week old chicks got their first taste of out side.... plus when i looked in at them one time today all 8 of them were resting on the top roost bar almost 5 ft off the floor.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Congrats on getting them outside. It's a nice day for it.

 

[lazy gardener]

Sweet!

 

[chickery-do]

I was wondering if anyone knows if I can take care of my rabbits wool mites like I do on my chicken's? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

 

[lazy gardener]

I was wondering if anyone knows if I can take care of my rabbits wool mites like I do on my chicken's? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

You might want to take this ? to the "other pets and livestock" thread in miscellaneous section. I know I had a rabbit with mites long, long ago, and bought a product that could be mixed with water to make a dip.

 

[diana507]

Please tell me what this is. I saw a lot of blood on an egg shell this morning and did vent checks and found this. They've been picking on each other some and thought that was the feather loss. Please help!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Looks like an egg might have broken inside her?

Separate her, keep her in the dark for a few hours to calm down/rest then start feeding her and see what happens.

 

[woods79]

Hi all we are trying to figure out if we may have a rooster in the making, a late bloomer or a different breed of chick in the mix. Our Buff Orpington's will be 4 weeks this week....

This is Nugget she was and still the smallest of the chicks we have and the one in question. No tail feathers as of yet and her coloring is a little different, she does seem to have more of the fuzzy baby chick look still as well.





The rest look like this one

 

[buckabucka]

Hi all we are trying to figure out if we may have a rooster in the making, a late bloomer or a different breed of chick in the mix. Our Buff Orpington's will be 4 weeks this week.... [COLOR=800000]This is Nugget she was and still the smallest of the chicks we have and the one in question. No tail feathers as of yet and her coloring is a little different, she does seem to have more of the fuzzy baby chick look still as well. [/COLOR] [COLOR=0000CD]The rest look like this one [/COLOR]

I'm not very good at sexing chicks, but I would be suspicious that you have a cockerel. The legs look big, and often males do feather-in more slowly. I have had some chicks that are the same breed feather-in at very different rates though. In a few weeks, you should know for sure by comb color.

 

[MistyMae]

Chicken coop and run finally finished. They are a bit cautious checking out their new outdoor space.