You don't have to dig deep on the exterior to install a 2' wide hardware cloth barrier. A couple of inches will do and just attach it to the outside of the Run and then cover it up. When animals try to dig, they dig up close and then back up a little to dig and then they run into the hard work...
I have a syringe with pro-biotics (it's a thick gel) my chick is broody and when I check her in the hutch she always pecks the 1st time I reach in the hutch. So I had the gel out at the ttip of the blunt syringe and stuck it at her beak. She pecked and got a mouthful! And that's how you get...
Get industrial hemp. Carolina Coops carries it and putting this in your henhouse will keep for a minimum of a year and I've heard a lot longer. They have lots of videos youtube
Success for their 1st night in their hen house! I made a small platform with 3 - 1 x 1 side railings on a 1 x 6 square and attached it to one of the roosting bars. The other girls seemed confused and I think tried to sit with little Petunia! Within 30 minutes of being in their new place to...
So I Now know that my Mottled Houdan is a girl. She has a slipped tendon and I'm keeping her legs hobbled. The vet hopes this will fix her, but not always. My girls are now 6 weeks old and will be in their coop full time within 2 weeks. My little Petunia may never be able to roost so I was...
Thanks for this info. I've been dealing with this for 2 weeks. I may take her back to the vet. It's been 50 years since I've had chickens and I Don't know anyone close to me who could show me all this. I took on a responsibility and I Want to try and get her fixed. I would have thought a Aviary...
She gets to her food and water and moves across the crib brooder to snuggle with her other 5 buds. She's behind with flying (does flap her wings more now) she can not roost
I'm not sure how my Mottled Houdan injured her leg in the brooder. I even took her to an Aviary vet who told me to isolate and let her rest for 2 weeks. Was told that nothing felt broken. I did that for 5 days and then the bandage trick. That seem to help after 3 days but the bandage would come...