I'll preface this by saying that I did not take any pictures. My 4 year old Plymouth Barred Rock had a swelling between two toes of each foot. After inspection, I found that a wad of dirt and poop had collected in the webbing between 2 of her toes. This was the situation on each foot. I cleaned...
FWIW, I put some scratch into a quart size yogurt container. When it's time for the girls to go into the coop (my set up is that the coop is above a small enclosed run), I shake the container and they come running (literally). I toss a bit of the scratch into the run and when they r all inside...
Hi all,
I have 2 girls who are 5 years old, a silkie and an ameracauna. I have 6 new chicks who are 7 weeks old (are they considered pullets now?) and I've been trying to integrate them for about a week. The good news is that no one has died. The bad news is that the older ones are bullying the...
Hi all,
I've been gleaning info from this site via facebook almost since we started our first flock 5 years ago. Now that I'm trying to integrate new hens into my established flock, I have questions that books and websites aren't answering. So I had to become official and create an account.
We...