Thank you very much for your thoughtful advice. I will be doing all of these things as soon as I can, I am moving into the house tomorrow and taking over caring for them.
I am still planning to have a conversation with the previous owners about the state they are giving them to me in, because...
Thank you for your response. This is what they are being fed, along with various kitchen scraps. I am happy to try to bathe them, but they certainly aren’t excited about being near humans haha. Feels like a big task for a newbie but it will be a learning experience :)
Yes, 2 of them have bent toes. The one pictured was the worst of the 2, and she moves super slow. She’s only 2 years old.
I also noticed the cracked egg, and was hoping it was a one off. Once I’m able to thoroughly clean the coop and get a better system of gathering eggs daily, I think I’ll be...
Hello Chicken People!
I am entirely new to keeping chickens, and recently was offered an opportunity to adopt 3 chickens at a new home I’m renting. I have wanted to have chickens for years, so this opportunity felt like an obvious yes. Coop and run are built, I just get to take over. I’ve done...