Recent content by denisephd

Good questions! About a week before Thanksgiving we put in a new feeder and then were gone the week of Thanksgiving. We had family checking on the chickens for us. I suspect they were not getting the same amount of food with the new feeder as they had been with the old. We were averaging 11...

When I picked her up and put her back in the coop tonight I noticed that her breast bone was very prominent and sharp. We changed feeders last week and now I'm wondering if she hasn't been eating enough. :(

I have a hen who I noticed is squatting in an upright position. She can't or won't raise her butt. She can waddle around. I picked her up yesterday and moved her legs and didn't notice anything unusual. She didn't squawk or want to get away. Any ideas on what could be going on with her...

Thanks for the input! It encourages me! I still only had three yesterday, but hopefully, they will be back to normal soon. At least we have had a number of sunny days.

Before the "polar vortex" last week, we were averaging 11-13 eggs a day from our nine month old 13 Barred Rock and 3 Americauna's. Their coop is enclosed, but not insulated. Since the cold snap, I have been getting 1 - 3 eggs a day. I understand and expected the production to drop due to the...

New to the world of backyard chickens! We got 26 barred rock day old chicks on Thursday last week and added three Americauna day old chicks today. We put them together and are keeping a close eye on them. Anything else we should watch for?