by McMurray Staff | Jun 3, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[scg_html_flock_integration_series] Disease and Parasites When you introduce new chickens to your flock, you run the risk of also introducing new diseases or parasites to your flock. If you take your chickens to poultry shows, then you run that same risk when you...
by McMurray Staff | May 26, 2011 | Raising Chickens
[scg_html_flock_integration_series] If you’ve ever raised chicks then later added them to an existing flock of mature chickens, then you know that it is often an unpleasant experience. The older chickens peck the newcomers hard. They chase them, and they try to...
by McMurray Staff | May 25, 2011 | Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] From the Brooder into the Chicken Tractor Today we moved the chicks from the brooder to an A-frame chicken tractor we...
by McMurray Staff | May 19, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Today, we took all of the chicks out of the brooder and brought them out into the yard to let them forage while we...
by McMurray Staff | May 11, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Brooder Temperature As the chicks grow older, then don’t need as much supplementary heat. A good rule of...
by McMurray Staff | May 6, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. ] Chick Grit Today, we began adding some grit on top of the baby chicks’ food. The grit is made from small pieces of crushed granite. The chicks will eat some of the grit and...
