Can't really advise you on this one, as I have never raised chicks, lots of people on here do though and will point you in right direction.
Would love to see a pic of them.
Enjoy the forum, you may find the answer looking back through older posts

That took me back to the 60's and the mods all meeting at Southend on their scooters near the Kursaal, people going by muttering about "the youth of today" as they went past. They were tame compared to today's youngsters.
Me wishing I could be one when I got old enough

Not a clue other than a best guess at bacterial or fungal infection ?
Sorry you lost her

Never heard of those before this post. bit of a beastie.

Loved this pic, presume these get a bunch of nettles instead of a tea or coffee. Social distancing as well

Brilliant reply.

The redoubtable Mrs G is now a great grandmother with 2 chicks hatched in Perthshire, truly a super Osprey

As Dinosaw says chickens don't smell if you keep them clean, like most animals and humans. I have found the biggest things neighbours seem to worry about is vermin, and if you keep it clean and don't leave food lying around and you have a rodent proof run/coop that wont be a problem. Fresh eggs is a...

We have all ours written down in a book, after that happened to us.

A cheery pic sent to us by a friend

Hi and welcome, have a good look around the forum and see peoples idea and runs etc they have created. I know many people that have lost hens to foxes in broad daylight, and it takes only a minute, so I would definitely have a covered run, a bird of prey can strike pretty quickly as well. One thing...

I remember a friend of ours being very excited by being asked out by the boy of her dreams, then he turned up in a Reliant Robin, she got him to drop her at the end of the road when he brought her home. Another friend on passing her driving test in later years, came home and her two teenage sons sai...