This is how Bianca drinks. Everything else is as usual, but her drinking. I thought it might be a version of wry neck, and have been giving her selenium and vitamin E, no change. Besides the drinking position being very bizarre, there is nothing different about Bianca: good eating, pooping...
I had that problem too. It was also because I had too many nesting boxes per hen. I closed off a lot of the boxes and only left two open.
I was yelled at (by the hens) the first few mornings, but then they got the hang of the roosting bars. Cleaning became a lot easier.
Thanks for the advice. I'll try a bait once I clean up more of the dirt under. The coop is slightly raised and it makes it hard to clean under. Also there is chicken wire set 12'' deep on all 3 other sides.
I probably won't try poison because we mulch/use the dirt in the gardens.
Rat seems...
Hi, I am in serious need of help. Some animal that I have never seen, is living under the coop. I know it's there because in the morning I see several tunnels. Some are small, the size of a rat, and some are big, the size of a rabbit. We do have a huge rabbit population. I have not seen any...