DH recently picked up 3 hens and a rooster from someone and didn't ask any questions :/ they had all 4 of them in a tiny tiny coop/run and the hens were already pretty tore up from not being able to get away from Henry (the roo). Betty (the dark brown hen) had a saddle on her back which is why I...
I currently have 11 chickens in our newly built 10X12 coop. I will start getting more chicks soon and need some help. I keep the chicks in a large plastic tote with the red heat lamp for 1-2 weeks in the house and then move them out to the brooder in the coop. I bought an old lizard cage from a...