A hen has been limping around and crouch-walking since last Saturday, and after catching her (which is a red flag in itself, she's normally like greased lightning) and ruling out a few other things (still laying eggs so not egg bound) I finally managed to get a good look at her feet after...
For the past couple of days I've been seeing this strange, runny dropping in the coop. I tried looking in these forums but without pictures I have no idea if the issue they have is like mine. I've narrowed it down to either the rooster or a specific hen, but since it's been so cold I can't...
No, really; they're so tiny but I can clearly hear them across the house when it's completely silent! Anyway, my dad and I are pretty new to this so we'd like any feedback that can be offered. The temperature seems right and we've got marbles in their water, but Dad set this up while I was away...
My dad and I have been tossing the idea of getting some lavender guineas for tick control around for a while and I did a little homework, but I'd still like some questions answered.
My main worry is predators. We are bordering a heavily forested strip of land and we have had sightings of...
Hello! :) You can call me Sundial or Sunny. I'm from Missouri and chickens are a bit of a childhood thing for me; I used to have so much fun chasing chickens out at my mom's house (and picking out the unfortunate ones for the freezer, all the roosters were fair game except for the three pets)...