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Appreciate all your feedback! She prescribed Amoxi-clav 400 mg/5 ml, which we're administering in 1.1 ml doses twice a day. + Yes, after today's chaos, I think moving them was more stressful than it helped. ++ Nothing frozen? A lot of folks on here suggested freezing blocks of ice to put in...

Great tip re: misting! Thank you!!

Is there a similar fear when bringing chickens inside on a hot day? It got up to 95 degrees here today but feels like 105. Some of our hens started panting, so I set them up in the garage. However, I did wonder if moving them from the 95-degree heat to our 72-degree house would be too big of a...

On 6/25, we added this cypress bark mulch blend to our chicken's run. It seemed like a great choice, but with the issues our flock has experienced shortly after adding it, I'm worried that the "blend" part may have something bad in it. On 6/27, I checked on the hens to find Beaux (Ameraucana)...

Fellow Cube coop owner here - Curious about other summer accommodations? We're experiencing a heat wave right now, and I worry about the ventilation and heat getting trapped. I'm considering taking the back off of the coop during the super hot days to get the air moving, and I'm curious if you...

We make our hens "popsicles" to peck at when it's hot! Freeze stuff like canned corn (unsalted), sunflower seeds, etc., then give it to them in a bowl. Good enrichment + it encourages them to drink water as it melts!

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New-ish! Started our chicken adventure in 2020. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 hens (3) What breeds do you have? 2 Speckled Sussex / 1 Rhode Island Red / 1 Ameraucana (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising...