Sorry for your losses. This reminds me to cut back on the scratch. I raised mealworms for awhile and found them to be almost as entertaining as my hens.
I have same question in SC but have an open with 3 walls at one end covered coop/run. Must I create separate housing for Seramas during cold? They do have perch with wall-mounted heat where they sleep at night. Days they hop down and are exposed again to cold.
I am saddened to read of your loss. Our chickens- with- names are part of our family, too, and I know how disheartened you are. Sounds like you had a good setup and maybe with a little modification you could make it safer for a few more girls. I hate to see you give up with a broken heart...
I have a sweet Ameracauna who has been broody for two weeks. When I get my Tractor Supply chicks this week, could I try to see if she will adopt the chicks? Backup plan will be the "mother heating pad cave."
I began by naming them after presidents' daughters, but when Jenna Bush had to be changed to Jeb Bush, and Sasha and Mileah also started crowing, I had to change strategies, so I named others by their appearance to tell them apart: Spot, Buzzard, and Skunk. With all the great names people are...
Got these 3 gals completely by mistake, as I thought they were another kind. They were the ugliest pullets, and I named them according to their appearance, ie: Buzzard, Blaze, and Skunk. Now, they are a year old, shiny and black with the copper necks, and produce dark brown but nowhere- near...