I'll lay off the kitchen scraps for a while to see if that helps. Also, I did see a mouse coming out of the chicken door around midnight. It showed up really well on the IR camera. I'll thin out the rodents as well. I also built a "Starter Chicken" Coop next to the main coop that shares a common...
I have a flock of 12 layers. All healthy, eating, pooping, drinking. Combs nice and read, and a couple are coming out of a molt. My Ameracauna decided to go broody for about 9 days but now is back in the group and roosting at night. Up until she did this, I was getting around 9 eggs a day but...
We just purchased a new batch of various breeds and one of the Barred Rocks started showing a splayed leg. After researching the topic on these forums, here's what we ended up doing last night...
This is our first flock so they are all the same age. 2 RIR, 2 Black SL's, 3 Amaracaunas, and 3 Barred Rocks. Funny to see them learn new stuff. I built them a Chic-nic table and they seem to enjoy that.
So my 10 birds are now 8 weeks old. They are loving their NEW coop and run. I am still feeding them starter/grower and they are very healthy. Here's the question.... I have started giving them treats, watermelon, strawberries, leftover bread but they don't seem too interested in much of it. They...