I have a 8 month old silky mix hen Thursday I noticed her off from the flock, resting in the sun and laying down. I examined her and her crop was huge, squishy. I massaged her and brought her inside removed food started probiotics in water .
Friday morning stil huge and she seamed more weak...
Is this little one male or female? I finally was able to get some pictures in the sunlight. Please let me know if your opinion changes or stats the same.
Great idea. Does anyone here have a clean out door that has a hardware cloth center with a wood piece to insert over that for winter? Looking for ideas It’s 24”x30”
We will also have electricity for the coop so if we need a small exhaust fan for winter or a cooling fan for summer that’s possible too. Although we are hoping for the majority of it to be through passive ventilation with windows and vents.
Thank you so much for the suggestions. I do like the idea of putting hardware cloth on the people door for summer too. Thank you so much. So the windows cross ventilation would blow across the perch/roost in summer I assume that is good. Closed in winter of course.
I’ve read a lot about ventilation here but I’m still unsure.
I live in central illinois, cold winters and very hot and humid summers; triple digit heat index for weeks at a time. I plans to get 4-6 hens once the coop is finished. It will placed under shade trees. The coop is 4 feet wide by 6...