Help!!
We went away for 3 days left the chickens to their own devices. When it is a longer period of time, we ask the neighbors to watch them. But they're self sufficient, with a feeder and waterer so they've always been ok for brief periods alone. They have a big coop and enclosed run, with...
We live in Seattle where roosters are not allowed. So we bought our chicks from the local grange, that buys only sexed chicks. We've had them for 4 weeks, and turn off the lights for half an hour each day (as instructed in the Storey's Raising Chickens book). When I turned on the light...