We're moving or rather have been moving over the last month. We set up a new coop on the new homestead and moved our chicken. However one of our newer hatchlings (12 week old) escaped. We left food and water and a trap ....she won't touch it. To make matters worse she's made herself part of a...
I live in western Ontario it's already snowing, it reaches -40 here definitely need the heat light. last year I didn't have one and lost some wattles and such. It's a back yard flock. I have 15 birds now in a 4*6*6 coop with a second floor and an attached 60sqf run.
Yesterday my husband went to go feed the chicken and noticed a large amount of blood all over the coop. It was still closed from the night. So he gives the chickens a once over and found one of our hens with an open cavity in her back end. You could literally see right through her missing butt...
Good information. I wish they talked more about how breed effects crowing and that small boxes where they can't get the hight to crow are options. Aside from that really appreciate the article.
Oh my goodness 🤣 that brings favorite to a new light.
I'll have to move her or lock her in the coop because I've never been able to catch Moe🤷
Thanks for the tip!
Ok so my is free range, highly self-sufficient, they even put themselves to bed! So I had 2 hens go broody 2 weeks apart birda and Jo.
Birda hatched her babies 6 days ago. Jo is still being patient.
Our rooster Moe is very nice and gentle helps the chicks eat and watches birda and babes, warns...