i have a 20 week old barnvelder that got caught by the foot in chicken wire and hung struggling and seems to have dislocated her lt hip will not place any weight on that foot. local vets say they do not treat chicken legs tried to put leg back in alignment without success anyone know how to put...
Im not sure what is going on with my 3 yo black star hen. I just went out to give the girls some mealworm treats and she is dragging her tail and vent area along the ground. looks like a dog sitting. otherwise she is acting perfectly normal. she was gobbling up mealworms per norm so her appetite...
the problem with the heat lamp is the chickens cannot tolerate power outages. maybe u have better utilities than me ,but we always have 1-2 power out a winter with storms. would rather have my chicks acclimated than worry
I use both. I use shavings for the main floor areas of the coops because it seems to stay drier and is easy to clean. I use straw in the nesting boxes and throw flakes of straw in secluded corners because the hens and pullets like to rest on it and lay eggs.
just be careful of corners with all that huddleing. we almost lost a roo to the bottom of the pile in a corner. luck we found him before to late, but he was unresponsive when we unburied him. had to be our kitchen rooster for awhile till he recovered. we almost lost him
I just introduced 8 week old hens to older flock. First put in wire next 2 big ladies,then cut wire between so littles can scoot back if it gets too extreme. Only had to remove one(little roo) d/t bloody pecks .he spent 2 days in kitchen so we now call him k.c. (kitchen chicken). he is now back...
There are a lot of friendly roos that people must rid of d/t no roo allowed or numbers issues. One attack forgive second no what is that old saying about fool me once?
I adopted a hen that looked the same and thought all was fine, but noc time inspection revealed red mites that were not detectable during day. Go out at noc with flashlight into your coop. the mites hide in corners of roosts during day feed on your hens as they roost. After treating with poultry...