Recent content by lutza

I appreciate you taking the time to read and respond, but as I said, the picking started before I made their outside area smaller. They're only in the coop at night or when they want to be. The coop is close to 16 square feet. The enclosed run is 60 square feet and the outside area is another 60...

There's more not shown in the pics. A chair, a bucket, a couple logs...but this started when they had more room and more things to perch on, hide under, and play with. They even had tree branches to fly into and perch in. The picky one has been top of the pecking order for a few years but the...

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They used to have the area all the way to the right as well. But it was difficult to cover due to the branches from two different neighbors' trees. After the recent attack, I changed it to just straight back to the fence and covered that entire area. So, they have inside the run and access to...

Hi! We have one Welsummer and three others. Two are Easter Eggers and the other is a rescue that I'm not really sure about - seems like an EE though. Anyway, the Welsummer picks at the others. Not really like a bully but picks at their necks and is currently picking at one who just got...

Interesting thread! We're in a Midwest suburb and have had a few different hawk visits and even a bald eagle circling nearby. A hawk once buzzed my head as it bailed out of low hanging spruce branch near the run. Anyway, before we got our chickies we started noticing the different squirrel...

Hello All, I'm having an issue with Kalmbach layer crumbles. I got a bag of organic layer crumbles and they absolutely loved it fermented. The next bag of Kalmbach's was a different color but the feed store said it was the same. The ferment turned to a mortar like consistency and was not eaten...