Recent content by beate

Thanks for the suggestions. We did lower the roost (bar) but still the same. I know the little ones have a lot of respect for the older ones, just watching them leave food or water if an older one comes around during the day. I might have to try the partition.

I have a wonderful big coop. My older 4 hens sleep on ithe roost every night, my 4 newer ones, now about 4 months old sleep on top of the steep roof of the nesting boxes. Every night I move them onto the roost for the last 2 weeks, since I combined the chickens. How can I get them to go on the...

My four chickens get along really well from day one, I have never seen them fight. They always do everything together, noone excluded. Another friend suggested she might be molting. The next few nights are going to be very cold, around 0 and I am just hoping she won't get frostbite. I do have a...

she is not sitting in the nest box. She is just standing in the coop. However the eggs my chicken lay are usually in the coop, it seems like only my Americauna uses the nest box occationally. I will have to watch if one of the hens picks on her. Should I seperate her over night? During the day...

I am very new to raising chickens, have 4 hens, no rooster. They started to lay eggs at 7 months. Now at 8 month my Blue Wyondotte shows bare skin on her right chest. She always was the first out to eat and the last to go inside, so she could eat. Now she hardly comes out. I thought it might be...