Okay so my girls are making a huge mess with their food. I took the top off my feeder so i could zip-tie it to the coop so they would stop dumping it over, and now they are scratching at it while eating and getting it all over the ground wasting alot of it. I went out a bit ago to fill it half...
So my four girls do not go up in the house part of the coop at night. They sleep underneath on the ground cuddled together. Does this mean that they will lay there when it is time to lay? I want them to lay in the house in the nesting box not on the ground underneath because it will be very...
I noticed yesterday that my Isa Browns beak is split at the tip of it. Is this something to be worried about or needs to be fixed in any way? Also how does something like this happen? Thankyou
Hello all, are my girls being picky or what?!? I have offered my four girls oyster shell pieces, and they are not eating it at all. Are they being picky or are they not sure what it is? I do not want my eggs to break easily when they lay. I have offered other things as well like veggie scraps...
Okay so I was on tractor supply and I was just browsing through, and I saw a spray for bugs. So I look into it and begin reading about it and it says that its for mites,lice,etc. Is it really possible that my four hens will get lice? I am a freak about lice!! Is it the same kind of lice that...
I have my 4 to 5 week old chicks in the coop in my almost 3 year old boxers yard.. UhO!!
They are in the coop until we get the 12x10 6ft fence done around the coop. Rambo (my boxer) is trying to get in to the chicks to play (i hope) not eat (i hope) and my husband seems to think he is going to...
My chicks are about 4 to 5 weeks old (I'm guessing). I put them out in the coop today because this morning they were all pecking on the biggest chick, so I seperated them until I could get advice on what to do. So I moved them out and they are so loving it, but not sure if it is too cool at...
Help!! I have heard from a source that you are not suppose to use a white light because the chicks can be blinded by them.. Is this true?? I also heard not to use the red bulbs. What do I do? I started them on a 250 watt bulb, used it for like one day then went to 100 watt because 250 i think...