These are all good suggestions! we have the Buff with the injured comb in her own large kennel with her own food and water during the day, and let her roost with her flock at night in the coop, lay in the nesting box in the morning, and return her to the kennel for the day while her comb heals...
its pretty big, 16 x 8 feet. i think she sustained the injury when i put her in a cage ( a large dog kennel) to break her brood before she stopped laying. I put her in with her own food and water and even though the cage was big and the coop is very big I think they may have pecked at her since...
Hello,
I am a new chicken owner with 4 six month old birds. Our four breeds are Silver Laced Wyandottes, Wheaton Americauna easter egger, Buff orpinton, and a Barred Rock.
We live in the piedmont area of NC in Durham. Currently our birds are not free range as their wings are not clipped and we...
Im new chicken owner with four chickens, bought at 2 months old the beginning of april, so they are 6 months old now. The buff orpington has always been the smallest. we have 4 different breeds. Shes the last to come to food and water and the other birds seems to not be as shy and eat quicker...