My chickens are nuts. Through rain, ice cold temps and howling winds, the **** things insist on sleeping on TOP of the house. We have adjusted the roosts to try and make them happy, but to no avail. I usually end up, if the weather is terrible, having to take them off the top of the house at...
So this is the first year that almost ALL of our 5 have stopped laying and we live in NorCal where it's not that cold yet, but obviously the days are getting very short.
I had read that I should use a lamp for both heating and for continued egg production but the challenge is that my idiot...
So just got three new "pullets" about 8 weeks ago and now one of my 6 girls is now making some very un-ladylike noises in the morning. I'm thinking that perhaps this one isn't really a hen? Her tail feathers look a little strange... gorgeous, but strange. And sorry for the terrible picture...