My daughters and I have literally hand raised our chickens. They are sweet, beautiful birds who adore my girls and any attention they can get. They are our first chickens and we are all so amazed at how wonderful they are!
This is our coop, pea gravel inside to make it easy to clean. We placed a poop box under the roosting pole on the shelf with a box underneath with pea gravel as well as the floor. No smell, no moisture, no dust, no compost, no wood chips! All it takes is a litter scoop to scoop the poop! We...
Hi everyone, thanks for all the advice and welcomes! Turns out it was her preening gland that was damaged. She is all better now, just kept cleaning it with normal saline and applied plain polysporin to it and she is as good as new! Thanks for the support!
Hi there! I am fairly new with chickens, second round with babies. One of my 2 week olds has an ingrown tail feather that is red, inflamed and tender. Any suggestions? The dark red spot in the centre looks like the tip of a large sheath coming through, but no feather emerging.
Hi everyone, I am new here and am on my second batch of baby chickens. I have a 2 week old with what looks like an ingrown tail feather. It is red, swollen and tender for her :( any suggestions what I should do????