If this were happening here (and it has) this is what I would do:
1. Dust the chickens good with poultry dust (I use http://www.amazon.com/Prozap-Garden-Poultry-Dust-Lb/dp/B001BM4JLM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384179892&sr=8-1&keywords=poultry+dust) If it's easier you can put the powder in a...
Hi. My oldest girls are about 2 years old and youngest 1 year - Buff Orpingtons and Barred Rocks. They are shaking their heads almost nonstop. About 2 months ago I treated all of the chickens (even the barred rocks that aren't shaking their heads) with pour on ivermectin (I also did the...
We bought 6 day old chicks (girls - barred rock) and we put them under a broody Buff Orpington (Bertha). Bertha just loves them! It almost brings tears to my eyes watching them follow her and sleep on her back. So sweet and natural.
Thank you fishnet1971 -- I'm not sure why but the heat really seems to bother Rose. She isn't the largest girl or the most active but when it starts to get humid out she will breathe with her mouth open and not move around much. She may be faking it so she can come inside and watch tv...
I...
This is Bluebell watching tv with hubby She was sick so she had to live inside for a few weeks.
These two just came in because it was raining outside...
Now my crew is all "locked up" they have a beautiful huge covered pen - we have hawks and I just didn't want to risk it... I do miss...
We have a motion light right at the front door of the coop. My husband put it there for me - I will sometimes go out (yes - after they have already been tucked in) and check on my girls if the weather is bad or I am worried about one of them. We also have one of those blinking red predator...
My pop door is right at the front of the run by the real door -- I will throw something like weeds or seeds in the run and then close the door from the outside -- this gives me the whole inside to myself (except for my 3 broody girls and I don't worry about them as they are so busy growling at...
Maybe you have already tried this but when I want mine to come to me I shake the coffee can full of sunflower seeds and they all come running. Also, if I even whisper the word RAISIN it's like a stampede. Maybe you could start training them to "come to the can" so if it happens again you will...