Recent content by mjfletch1

I dont have a humidity meter in the coop. I was actually thinking about getting one today. That would help to know the exact number.

Thank you very much for the info. I've already read at least a couple of those articles and it was good info. I guess I just need to know how to apply that specifically in my situation. Should I take the tarps back down and just have the whole top of the coop and one of the sides open to the...

I was putting a little bit of green goo on them, but then read that I should only do that it they were showing signs of infection, which I think one of them is. But it was yesterday that I put the tarps up to try to increase heat, and this morning several other chickens had frostbite and the...

I know!! That's why it doesn't make any sense. When I tried to increase the heat, they got even worse. UGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

During the cold snap here in Indiana a week and a half ago several of my chickens got frostbite, a couple of them really bad. My situation is unique because I converted one of the horse stalls in a large pole barn into a chicken coop. We put 2x4's over the top and covered with chicken wire. It...

Ok thank you~

I have a 6 month old lavender orpington (Penny) that I noticed about a month ago had poop stuck on her rear. I also noticed that she was having greenish diarrhea. I did some research and found the diarrhea could be due to all of the garden fruits and vegetable scraps that they had been eating...

I became a chicken owner for the first time a couple days ago when I brought home week old ISA brown chicks. My first problem was that two of them were having problems with pasty butt and it looks like (after researching it) they both have prolapsed vents. Their rears are featherless and all red...