Recent content by ashleyimme

Hello! I have a hen that has been broody for 5-6 weeks now. We dont have a rooster, so she had no fertile eggs to hatch. When we tried to break her broody-ness and were unsuccessful, my cousin brought over a dozen fertile eggs and we put them under her last week. However... she seems to be...

I have a light on a timer. The water in the coop freezes, and my coop is to small to put any type of heated waterer in there....

thanks! I’m worried about water in the coop. Would just food be ok you think?

thank you so much! That’s very helpful :)

I introduced an artificial light into the coop tonight as the days are getting shorter. Tonight was the first night. I have a flock of 5, 2 of them are relatively new, I’ve had them about a month now. There has been a little bit of squabbling in the yard but it seems to have been fine in the...

Here are the most recent photos. I’m treating her for scaly leg mites but the bump on her toe seems to be getting bigger.

I think I’m facing something similar except it’s been over a week for my girl. Did everything go away for Poopy???

Update: I don’t think it’s broken, I looked back on some pictures and looks like her toe was already crooked when I got her but I never noticed. I’m using epsom salt and coconut oil for the scales. It seems that the bump on her toe where it meets her foot has grown but there is no scab or...

No she just starting limping this past week. I’ve had her about 3 months now.

I currently have 3 chickens. I am looking to introduce 2 more. I know that I should keep them in a separate pen near the current one so that my existing flock members can see the new girls for about of week before putting them together. I know they will inevitably fight to determine the pecking...

Here’s another one of her foot from the bottom. It doesn’t look like the pics I’ve seen of bumble foot I don’t think.

Here are a few more pics. She’s still hopping around but after soaking and inspecting I don’t really see a place that could be bumblefoot. I splinted her middle toe thinking maybe it’s broken?

Thanks so much!

Thank you! The shower curtain idea for the run is good!