Right now I am concerned for Holiday, the chicken that wandered into our yard last year.
This is the first time we have had "cold" weather here in Houston which will be staying below freezing for more than 24 hours and I am concerned for her.
Her coop is 2' wide, 2' deep and 4' high with her...
My girl Holiday has been doing great but today we noticed that she was missing most of her tail feathers.
We thought at first that maybe some neighborhood cat had attacked her but after watching her for a bit I saw her start pulling the last few she still had out herself.
Is this normal...
My bird, Holiday has basically been brooding for two months now.
She doesn't even have an egg to sit on but still spends her entire day in the coop siting in the nesting box.
We aren't really allowed to raise chickens in this subdivision (we wouldn't even have Holiday if she hadn't come to...
Well after realizing that a box 2'x2'x2' really wasn't a "Happy home" for our bird I decided to build a new coop which should give her a safe place to sleep at night.
The front of the coop with the door closed/locked.
The front with the door open. I figured that since the only time she...
I'm just about finished with building the new coop for our bird and would like to know if there are any paints which should be avoided.
I just want to make certain that whatever I paint it with will safe for chickens (since they seem to peck at everything).
We have just the one hen (who wandered into our yard and adopted us one day) and I want to make sure that she has enough room.
The run I built is 4 feet wide, 8 feet long and 6 feet high. It is an open framed structure, covered with a "roof" of plywood and enclosed with "poultry wire" purchased...
A few days ago this bird showed up in our yard...
My wife and I felt sorry for it and gave it a bowl of water and some bread crumbs (which I have since learned is not the best thing for chickens) and it now seems to have adopted our back yard as it's new home. Every morning it is out...