HI! As so many before me, I am asking the question of what material should I choose for my run floor.
We live near Portland, OR and have an outdoor covered 8x12 run for our 4 Hens. Living in the Pacific NorthWest means wet winters and warm mild summers with a few hot spells. We’re starting...
Meet Elsie. Name derived from LC. Short for Little Chicken. We got her 8 weeks ago. She was fully feathered when we got her but still making peeping chick noises not Hen noises. So I estimated her to be 8-10 weeks when we got her. So she has to be 16 weeks if not older. She is a whopping...
I have one pullet out of my 3 that are laying that keeps laying these really thin shells. I read several of the thin shellegg posts on here but I am I’m not sure that I have any answers. I thought maybe if I posted a picture someone might give me some input.
I don’t feel like it’s a feed...
Okay not an illness, not an injury or emergency. But chicken hygiene? We adopted a new pullet and she came from a dirt run with lots of other chicken and she STINKS. We have had her for about 2 weeks and I even tried giving her a partial bath with pet shampoo to see if it would help but it...
I’ll wait a few more weeks to be certain. Kinda of a bummer if it is a roo. We aren’t supposed to have roos where we live. And this one is one’s personality has been of the favorites ever since they were a week old! Maybe we can hide him as in indoorcat if he stays as docile and cuddly as he...