Hi Everyone,
I am not sure what is happening, but my hen has lost feathers on her bottom and underneath, and the skin is bright pink and looks oozy. I chased her around to get this picture. How do I cure this? We did have a snake break in and now the chickens do not want to use their roosting...
Perfect! Yes, the heat lamp was on a thermostat which we lowered each week. Now they are in a giant dog kennel doing the look, don’t touch with my 2 year old hens. I need to get some fencing to give them a safe patch of the run.
How old are my chicks? And when can I stop using a heat lamp? I think they are 5 weeks old. The temps at night are in the 60s and the days are upper 70s, low 80s.
Thank you. Dizzy Lizzy was a sweetie. I agree. I think it was the heat. To be safe, I deep cleaned the coop, the nesting boxes and raked the run. My remaining six look happy and healthy.
HI,
My hens have been doing well, running around, playing, eating, laying. Tonight, I came home and one of my barred rock females was dead in the nesting box. She was fine this morning. Does anyone have any ideas what could have happened? This was not the hottest day. We have had hot days here...
My 7 chickens are in a 10’x20’ run to protect them from predators. In the evening, they all trot into my coop. The past few days, I have worked past dark and I do not want to disturb them in their coop and scare them. I check to make sure they are not outside in the run.