When do chicks start dusting? Do they have to be taught? My babies are 2 1/2 months old. All they do is try to eat it?! I have a mix of wood ash, commercial chicken dust powder and dirt.
I raised my four chicks in the house with an open top covered by hardware cloth. One of my chicks called ChiChi Was scared to come out of her coop when I put her in there for the first time. Praise God. It's been a week and she finally came out of her coop, but I had a cover tarp over the top of...
Well, anyway, we know that chickens are messy. How I spotted some ants?
The food was on the ground, so I'm going have to remove food at night from the coop So it doesn't escalate. This is my first time with chickens. It's frustrating sometimes.
Hi. Great to see this site. I have 4 chicks. They're officially 8 weeks old today. I couldn't wait to put them outside. I waited because it was so cold at night. I did keep turning the temperatures down in my brooder for conditioning. The lowest was 70. Some of the chicken farmers. That I saw on...