We got a lot of snow also but now we are to get really cold weather. It's suppose to be -3 at night at only 10 during he days should we turn the heat lamp on inside the coop for them or leave them be?
So we have been trying to introduce 3 new chickens to the 8 other older ladies. Last time we did it the older ladies killed one, this time they cornered one and pecked at her in one spot she is missing feathers and has a open wound. I am wondering what I can put on it to help it? I was going to...
Does anybody know if it safe to have their property sprayed for mosquitos if they have chickens? We are completely invaded by mosquitos it's so bad we can't go outside at any time of the day without being attacked. I was going to call the county and have them come spray but didn't want to if it...
If we needed to we were going to get osb to put on top of the deck boards, but we were going to try and get the boards as close together as possible to prevent drafts and other critters from getting in if we could just use the deck boards. Trying to repurpose as much wood as we can.
We have left over deck boards that are treated and we were wondering if this would be OK to use for the floor inside the coop? They are old boards that have been weather for a few years just didn't know if this could effect the chickens or not since they are treated. Any recommendations to use...
Hi I am new on here and was wanting to start raising a few chickens. We have a old playhouse we were going to turn into a coop along with a nice fenced in run, all we would need to do is put a top on it and it should be good. Any suggestions on what chickens would be good for high egg laying and...