Today I come to you with a brand new recipe that our chicks absolutely loved : Carrot mash ! I have in my kitchen, a new lot of little gourmet chicks that are not that easy to please ! Hop, young silver partridge brahma Kol and Hazza two buff columbian...
How to build a brooder for baby chicks in 5 minutes !
Once upon a time… I recently needed a second brooder in the house when all the hatchings occurred at the same time in spring. I like to keep the chicks close to us during their first weeks. That way, it’s easier to watch over them. Unfortunately, our second breeding...
A baby chick’s diary : Discovering the world
P’ang is back to write this article on her exciting baby chick life here at Brahmaland ! —- Hello to all my readers ! First of all, I’d like to thank the 5 people who wrote a nice comment on my first french article. 🙂 5 is not a...
Skin disease, burn or simple irritation ?
Here’s what we have : For a couple of days now, some of our baby chicks have skin lesions underneath their wings (both wing and body sides). We noticed the lesions while checking out one of them who seemed ill. Some of them have reached the final stage, scabs...
Anka the great chicken !
Do you remember our little chick Anka, born earlier this year ? A bantam orpington chick that I would’ve liked to be a hen but was meant to be a rooster… Time has gone by and today Anka is already 4 months old. He has left the comfy kitchen nest...
Anka the very focused chick !
Time is flying by and Anka and AB are growing up so fast ! Anka gains confidence No need to be an animal expert to see that Anka loves interacting with us 🙂 When you feel like he/she wants to share a moment with you, you cease the moment...
Anka & AB
A little while ago, three little baby chicks came into our world, one of them (Alex) died brutally which leaves many unanswered questions… What we know for sure is that these three baby chicks interacted with us in a very peculiar way. Their behavior was very different than usual....
Basic recipe for homemade baby chick feed
Today I would like to give you my basic recipe for homemade baby chick feed, you can always add other ingredients but these are the key elements. This is the one I use for new borns (3-4 days old) but also for the ones recovering from something or as...
A baby chick’s diary : The first days of life
Today I’ve decided to let a very special being write instead of me. This little chick came into our lives 2 months ago and she’s got a lot to say ! She’s very likely to become a great “hen-house news and gossip” reporter ! P’Ang is the one speaking in this...
Recipe for homemade dairy and meat free chick mash
If you have some baby chicks at home, you’ve probably nocited that they prefer homemade feed or mash ! Here in Brahmaland, all our chickens have their daily homemade mash ! The baby chicks even have their own, they also have traditional feed at their disposal at all times. Here is...