I hope it has resolved itself or was nothing to be concerned about because I couldn’t find anything and they all acted their normal silly selves lol. Thanks!
None are molting right now. We are working on getting rid of the mice. We do have chicken wire, pavers and then construction sand on the floor of the coop. The problem is they got in the run and then the coop. I think we are going to put hardware cloth on the run floor and dump sand on top to...
I went to let my girls out and there was blood in a few different spots in the coop. None of the girls had blood on them and I didn’t see any injuries. I have seen a couple of mice in the coop, do y’all think they could have gotten a hold of a mouse?
I only have 2 bantams, silver/black and gold/black. The silver is the one laying, I put a camera in the coop to make sure which one was laying. The gold doesn’t look or act like she is close to laying :hmm
I have a Sebright bantam that started laying a little over a week ago. She has laid every day for the past 7 days in a row, is this normal?
This is my first time having bantams and none of my big girls have ever laid 7 days in a row.
Eggs yolk peritonitis (the presence of yolk material in the coelomic cavity) is a common cause of abdominal distension in birds. Yolk material by itself induces a mild inflammatory response and may be reabsorbed by the peritoneum. Because yolk is an excellent growth medium for bacteria...
We decided to use our wood shed because of its structure and placement on our property. Still have things we want to do to it but I think it’s turned out pretty great!
The run has hardware cloth for skirt and on all side walls for protection from predators.
We put chicken wire on the...
We have 4 windows and are adding 2 more and we have 2 vents up high on each side :). I also leave that door open all the time while it’s warm weather and our coop and run are predator safe.:celebrate
First picture is our old setup. A couple of during and the pretty much finished coop. We are adding 4 more windows (like the ones on front), 2 in the back and one on each side and a few other things to do. I LOVE it so far!