I bought a new bag of Layena Crumbles (been using it for the past 2 years) and I noticed new, different colored pellets that weren't there before. The packaging is also new. Has anyone else noticed this?
The reason I ask is 2 days after starting this new bag, one of my chickens died. She went...
This happened very suddenly, basically overnight. When I came out yesterday morning to let the flock out there were feathers everywhere and one of my chickens looked like this. She looked fine the day before. Is she getting picked on? Molting?
Should I do anything about it? I'm in...
It's winter now and it gets dark at 5pm. The chickens are in the coop from 5pm to 6am, so 13 hours. Do they need water during this time?
Last winter I had water in the coop with a diy heater to keep it from freezing, but I removed the power due to fire concerns and reading multiple threads...