Posts by Caity

Update:  After she laid her egg and took a little nap, Lilly perked up.  She was still a little pale and lethargic yesterday afternoon, but this morning seems to be back to normal. We're hoping it was just a one-time problem...

Spoke too soon, she already went back in the nesting "box" and is just sitting again :(. 

So maybe even though it was small, it might have been giving her trouble?  Husband said she is much livelier now, ate normal pellets, and is strutting around his office more normally.

update:  She just laid a normal-sized egg so I don't think she was egg bound.

She's warm and has access to food and water, and right now she's sitting in a temporary nesting box we made her in my husbands office (a small tub full of shavings with a carpet scrap partially wrapped around it to give her...

We have 4, 8-month-old hens, and one was acting strange this morning.  Usually they're pacing at the door ready to go out, but this morning one, Lily, just stood there.  My husband picked her up and carried her out of the...

Thanks for all the help everyone! 

Thanks for the suggestion Flockmaster.  The weather is supposed to be clear (a 0% chance of rain one night, and a 10% chance the second night), but that's never a guarantee. We'd hate to cover up the run, because then we either...

The run is predator-proof, so I'm not too worried about any animals getting in. We've had at least one invasion-attempt by a critter, and it didn't get anywhere close to getting in.  I'm mostly worried about the cold, it being in...

Hi everyone,   We have a small flock of four, and they regularly try to sleep on their outdoor roost. Usually it's not a problem, we just make them go in their coop when it gets dark. But we're traveling for the holidays and...