This is my setup,as soon as I go to the coop after dark the chickens scramble to hide under the coop so I can’t put them away.I gave it a good clean out yesterday and sprayed it with mite killer in case that’s the problem.
Hi all,is there anyone else from the UK.I have four chickens in my garden and two of them refuse to go in the coop at night and sit on the top of the coop.It is fox proof but with the colder weather coming I am worried they will freeze.I have a light that comes on later in the coop and the door...
I would leave it for another two or three days as my hen hatched three out of six and then she pushed the eggs out that did not hatch after several days,make sure your other hens cannot get to her
I have had bantam eggs under my broody hen for 21 days and this morning I heard a little tiny cheep and there were three little chicks so don't give up hope as they hide under their mum.I think they probably hatched yesterday but I did not realise.
I am keeping mum and her chicks in a separate...