chickens tucked safely away each night, and have access to the yard in the morning - and I don’t Even have to be there. It’s great, it works perfectly. We used an old cookie sheet for the door.
Thanks. There is ground oyster shell in their 17% feed. I gave her the yolk from a hard-boiled egg while she was inside. She's back with the flock, now.
Looking closely, it appears there are a lot of new feathers pushing up...could this just be a radical molt? Either way, she needs to be indoors, as we have had freezing temperatures the past few days.
I'm not exactly new to this forum, as my daughter has an account and we've used it for information - a lot!
We now have 24 chickens, divided into 3 coops (don't ask - it's complicated!) We started with 3 sexed chicks 17 months ago. Since then we've hatched and added more chickens, some from...
We have 7 hens and one Rooster in one flock. The rooster and one hen are silkies, the rest are regular sized.
Yesterday I noticed that one of our big hens had feathers missing from her tail, and this morning just one feather left (on the tail) and her back is plucked bald!!
My question...