Recent content by aryanromo

I'm going on 9 weeks of this issue, and just not sure how to proceed now. The chickens got out 9 weeks ago, a neighbor's dog got into the yard and roughed up Lady. She wasn't bloody at all, no torn feathers, but clearly in shock. I separated her for a couple of days, then put her back in with...

I've attached a pic of my coop set-up. I have 3 hens. About a month ago, they escaped the coop, and a neighbors dog broke into the backyard and roughed one of them up. She lost a couple of feathers and was in shock but otherwise was not hurt. That said, I moved her to the "emergency coop" -...

A major gopher problem - throughout my entire neighborhood, so not easily addressed - is causing coop to be crooked. It's not sitting evenly, which had led to some escapee chicken issues. Additionally, the ground is not terrible firm - it's basically silt with nothing growing in it. the...

I had her in for 2 days, and the emergency coop is near - in seeing distance - of the regular coop.

I have 3 chickens who have experienced considerable drama in their lives. We found a small flock of about 6 chicks, maybe 6-7wks old, about 18mo ago. No one in the neighborhood would claim them - even though chickens and chicks are quite common - so I took them in since I had an old coop and...

In addition to feeding our flock of 5, we are - apparently - also feeding a rapidly growing flock of pigeons. The chickens are free range in the backyard. We used to toss feed & veggies out for them, but the pigeons flocking are like something from The Birds. So, we started putting the feed into...

We don't know how old the rooster is. A neighbor gave him to us about 2 years ago (no idea why my husband took him) & he was full grown then. He's missing his Spurs & a toe, so I've also wondered if he was used in fighting. I have separated him from the rest & things are going much better.

Since they arrived, our rooster has been nothing but trouble for our now 9-wk old chicks. We have done everything right - we put them in a "toddler" room in the middle of the coop so our roo and chicken could see them & interact with them for several weeks. We moved them to a "teenager" room...

We've done that. The chicks go into one part of the coop every day - a place where it's safe. The rooster goes crazy. He paces back and forth, he charges the fencing. We've also tried free-ranging them in the backyard (which is what the hen & roo do all day) and he tries to chase them away. Do...

We have a rooster (unknown breed - given 18mo ago as a bizarre gift to my husband) and a Specked Sussex that we took over from a friend who was unable to keep her. Happy chicken couple. 4mo ago, she clutched & went broody. At 22 days, nothing was fertile, but hubby & daughters really wanted to...