I don't unless it has snowed but most of the time they don't want to come out when it gets much below that lol my current chicks are a bit of cowards. And my run is just a 4 foot high fence. I can't wrap it in anything unfortunately. They do have excess to all these kinds of areas as I live out...
Because their tender little hinds of the chickens I currently have don't like to come out when its much below that. They have been getting better about it since I posted this though
Alright so I am going to be looking at having around 40 chickens by this fall. In the summer and until the grass dies pretty much the chickens are free ranging at least 4 hours a day in an 8 acre area and then in a 700 sq ft run every day its not below 20. Mind you I live in Kansas. They get a...
What kinds of scraps can I not feed my birds if I want to sell my eggs as organic or does it matter as long as I'm not directly giving them medicated feed?
okay I will try and get my hands on some but depend on how expensive that are I don't know and we've had birds get nasty infections before (not on the leg) and have just cleaned it daily with hydrogen peroxide and then covering it with Vaseline and Neosporin and they were just fine but I don't know
Okay so first pic is of both her legs but keep in mind that the injured leg is closer to the camera by a little bit
The second picture is of the side of her leg where the most damage seems to have been done.
The third picture is of both of her feet in comparison to each other the right being the...
I went outside the other day to feed my little feathered friends and as they were running towards me I noticed that my 1 year old Lakenvelder hen had a very bad limp. So naturally I scooped her up to check her leg out and turned out that something had tried to drag her by her leg but she had...
Hey this is the same person just on a different account. I have now noticed that she doesn't want to stand even though she can and when she does walk she does so with a limp any ideas on whats happening and what I can do to save her?