Hello we are new to this and have a couple of questions. The first is how often should you clean a chicken coop? I went to a course and the fellow speaking said he cleans his only once a year. Is it a good idea to have a thick layer of the old stuff to keep the floor warmer in the winter...
She is a brown leghorn. This is about the size of a tennis ball. Feels soft like a balloon with a little air in it. She didn't go up on the roost yet. We moved them from the brooder to the hen house and fenced yard last week. She eats and drinks well. She does get grit.
We have brown leghorn pullets that are 7 1/2 weeks old and one of the smaller ones has a big bulge on her breast It is soft like a balloon. The chick eats and drinks well and her poop is normal.
We have put her in her own cage. When I caught her to put her in her own cage she threw up but...