I have (well.. had..) 3 one-year-old hens, all laying nicely. They were all out wandering the yard yesterday, looking healthy and normal, all laid eggs yesterday, nothing I can see wrong with poop.
This morning, one of them was curled up on the bottom of the coop, head tucked, dead.
After...
I've been reading this amazing repository of knowledge for a couple of months now, since just before I got my three baby chicks- but just now decided I needed to sign in. The ladies (fingers crossed anyway) are a Buff Orpington (queen of cheeps, can't wait until she moves over to clucking)...
Question about raising the nest box up a foot- will chickens walk under a 1' space? Mine are just 6 weeks right now, so obviously at this point they will... but a full grown Buff Orpington, for instance? Is 1' tall enough to justify the extra construction?