She's nearly 3 months old. I understand that I will have Marek's disease present for ages but I have only had one real instance which is the one that died. But she had always been smaller and had cocci when she was a tiny chick so I'm not completely convinced it was Marek's. I also feel like...
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I have posted another thread about my chicken, Lucky, who started limping and then couldn't walk at all and died. I was told that it was probably Marek's disease and I had come to terms with that. However, one of my other chickens was having chicks and I was terrified that they...
Yeah, we get frozen water quite a bit. I'm up at 5 in the morning before the chickens wake up so that gives me time to take the ice layer off (side note, I love the sound of the ice breaking on the ground. Sounds like glass breaking). During the day it doesn't really freeze until the sun goes down.
I think my rooster is part silkie
They'll roost during the day but at night they just prefer to be in the hay. I always thought it was strange but that's the way they like it haha
Oh that's a good idea. They actually don't have roosts. They never used them. They have heaps of hay at the bottom and they snuggle themselves tightly together.
Oh wow! It sounds similar to my set-up. I have a roof as well I might add. I still am looking for the perfect house to give them. I would just feel a little more kind. In winter where I am it can get below 0 degrees Celsius so quite cold.