I have a two year old hen who has curved toes which is fine but there is a suspicious bump on the inside of her middle toe, there is no wound that I could see which I think could rule out bumble foot but idk she is eating well walking well and laying eggs . I tried to upload the photos but this...
@lazy gardener
Yeah im ditching the chicken wire when i make my new run it will be all 1/2 inch hardware cloth. And ill make sure to do a skirts to how deep would you recommend puting the fencing in the ground?
Wow so many great ideas.
@lazy gardener
I like the idea of sprout growing ill definitely look into it!
So say i have ten chickens 4 bantams and 6 larger breeds how much run space should i shoot for? I would like to go a little bigger so they will be comfortable cause they will be confined for...
@Ridgerunner
Yeah our current run is 20ft by 16ft but its but metal fence post with chicken wire rapped around it. Its a blessing that nothings got to them so far but we do have a hawk issue in the spring and summer months we live in Wisconsin. Were planning on making the run a little smaller...
Im not sure if this is the right thread to put it in so sorry if its not! My chickens run is just bare dirt and i cant alow them to free range sadly cause of to many preditors in our area :( So my question is would it be a good idea to grow grass from seed in there run for them or not, and if so...
Wow thats very helpful thank you! Well my "coop" is really a sectioned off part of a big metal shed my dad build then he build the coop inside no windows no vent holes basically a box with a chicken door and a human door like 10 years ago. I recently took or the project last year of revamping it...
Wow ok thanks ill talk to him about that! I really Appreciate all your help :) Do you have a estimate on what it cost you to build a chicken tractor? Maybe it might be cheaper them renovating my old coop?
Wow! Thanks so much i will definitely think about this idea instead of indoor brooding ( Im sure my mother will be very appreciative ;) ) Before i get chicks were going to renovate our coop its in desperate need of repair new boxes, roosting bars a poop board the whole nine yards :P hopefully it...
I was thinking of roping in my dad to constructing a short plywood box amd maybe use something to make the corners round so that they dont get stuck. I will use a wire top and i was thinking of useing a red heat lamp i was thinking it would be better on there eyes?
Wow thanks sp much for all the help i guess i really need to do some more research. I plan on keeping mine indoors for the first 4-5 weeks of there life the slowly intergrate them with my original flock. Im only getting 6 chicks, do you have a brooder size that you would recommend for that many...