I have a coop with an attached pen that has a roof on it...I am new at this and got flock last April...I imagine the dirt ground will get saturated and smelly whe the weather warms..I am in upstate NY When the groung wasn't frozen I did shovel it often flipping over dirt....that's all I have...
I have 8 hens and am exhausted of trying to keep them all alive because of pecking problem.... I have read about this intensley and have none of the problems in my management that should be causing this problem...I have used blu kote...pine tar and nothing is working they just peck where the...
I had to put a pinless peeper on my tetra tint and may have to put one on my golden comet for feather pecking......i am real worried that she will not be able to drink from the nipple water cooler I have in the coop...as I saw her trying to get water that dripped on floor under the others...
I am a 1st time chicken owner and this morning my husband said he saw my barred rock ( my favorite) fly into the hardware cloth fencing around pen...and thought nothing of it until he came home and asked me why I had it out of pen and back into the brooder in garage. ......well...while i went...
My chicks are 3 weeks old and we will be building coop very soon...After reading many posts I decides to go wih the sand...i scooped up poop out of brooder daily but my garage still smelled like a barn and the dust was unbelievable!!! so I decided to try the shavings...the dust was less but...
these feeders and waterers look pretty cool...anyone use them???I am really wanting to start off on the right foot here..I want to be as rat and rodent proof as possible...I will have a tightly secured soop and attached with hardware cloth everywhere...appreciate any feedback here.....these...
This may sound silly to all you chicken keepers out there...but i will be picking up my first chicks 1st week of April and had one curious thought,,,,I leave for work at 7am..and when it is very dark still in the morning..My coop will have electric in in..Is it ok to turn light on in am when its...