Hello Utahns,
Winters are funny here in our state! Therefore, if anyone has any suggestions on how help chickens during the winter, that would be awesome. Also, pictures of Utah coops and ways to help during the winter would be awesome! Thanks
I have two Questions:
1. I have two new chickens ( 9 Months old) that are sleeping in the laying beds. I try and go out to put them on the roost to roost and they just get off. There is plenty of room for the chickens to roost on the roost. Do I need to block the beds? What can I do to get...
I new to being a chicken owner. I bought a home in northern Utah that came with five 2 year old RIR chickens. They all lay eggs and have been eating laying feed and scratch feed. So I continued to feed them that way. I let them free range when I am home, they love that. I have tried to get them...
Hello, I'm excited to have found this site. My husband and I just bought a house that came with a coop and five red Rhode Island 2 year old birds. Below you will see the set-up. We just got two more chickens that are 9 months old. Here are some pictures. Any suggestions about feeding, watering...
Winter feeding:
I currently hang water and feeders in open outside but I have noticed the water freezes at night and if there is feed in the feeder and it rains or snows it gets wet and mushy.
My coop that they sleep in is small but I think I could hang a feeder inside. How do I do this...
I have two new chickens that I am introducing to my flock of 5 Red Rhode Islands. My 5 that I have right now don't fly but these two young 9 month old do. I would like to eventually let them free range with my other 5 chickens but the previous owners said they kept flying into other neighbors...