Hello, I have 8 birds now and may go to 10 in the future my county max. I was wondering if this coop would be too big its 8x7 and I can get it for 800 bucks. Any issues going this big with a smaller flock?
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I have 4 chickens currently and purchased 4 more chicks this season. I made an addition on my coop last year and it currently sits at 3x6. Attached is a picture. With the new birds coming I want to either put another addition on my current coop or build another 4x4 coop next to it. Any...
Purchased at my local farm store was assured they where all sexed birds and females. One of my lavender orpingtons looks very rooster like the other does not.
Wow that's exactly what it looks like. I appreciate the response. I found it hard to believe she injured herself inside of box. She's not a broiler chicken but an egg laying hen but I guess this deformity effects them too. Need to decide if I should cull her and get another chick or see if she...
My 4 week old birds leg seems badly injured. I isolated her and tried to splint it with popsicle sticks but it didn't seem to work very well so I pulled it back off and made sure her food and water was closed by. What are the odds she will come back from and injury like this? She's still eating...
One of my 4 week old chicks has the same exact injury in the same spot. We isolated her and trying to bandage it up the best we could. Gonna wait and see if things improve in a few weeks if not. May put her down and get another chick. It's a shame but don't want her limping and suffering her...