I want to at least put a light in the coop, due to the weather getting cold! I can't run it all the time due to cost, so when might the best times/ duration be? my coop is fairly small and i only have 4 girls, so i plan to put in coop not run. any thoughts would be much appreciated. thank you...
I don't know if this is the right place to post this but.....
The weather here is MI is rain, so bad that my back yard is flooding the girls r is a coop with roosts and and upper area away from the water it just isn't as roomy. They will stay out of the water right? I am concerned they will get...
Ok- so many things i have learned and keep learning. After a few things have happened in this process the Tractor supply place told me to use Wazine on my flock every 30 days. ok so now i worried about my dog and a puppy that frequents our yard (of course they eat the chicken poop). The owner...
Hello - have no idea of the sex of the Frizzle (has too many toes) ???? The grey one i think is a barred rock and believe is a she, tho the 2 puff their feathers at each other often. No eggs from any yet, (hatched in spring). Also have isa brown definately female and i always wondered when you...
Okay so i have been reading some posts here and i will ask a question. My isa brown is wierd I thought she was sick (but no) then i thought loosing her vision (maybe) now she is laying down with one wing spread out, cooing for a time, then gets up. she is being picked on recently so is hanging...
Can hens hallucinate? she was a chick in the spring and has been doing fine. yesterday she didn't drink or eat when i brought out morning supplies. she was acting odd. My chicken don't let me touch them but i started to stroke her and got no response so i picked her up and put she in a small...
so quick question on raw wheat. i had this wreath on my door from fall, it started falling apart and i took it off and set it on the ground, ok laziness it grew! can i feed it to the chickens?
Hello to all my more experienced chicken lovers- I have added 3 new chickens to my group and the breeder that gave us the chick let the kids pick a frizzle. Well now it is getting to be an adolescent and when i look at it i see a male, maybe i am paranoid. but how do you tell? It has more toes...
Hello i am very new to this site, so i unforturnately can not post a picture which would help! one of my girls has passed and odd looking bm. it is runny and lite brown with 2 green things in it (non moving). i did have one bantam die on saturday so i am super worried. (i don't know why she...
Hello very new to this! first summer at having chickens just found your forum a month ago.
So not knowing much, here i go: I have a 1 yr old Bantam she was fine all day when i let her out to free range. in the afternoon i heard her making noise like she was laying, but not in the nest box! i...