I have RIR and Barred Rock...Once a month or so I Lose one...They act Drunk, Lose alot of weight and Die...I let them out of the Coup daily...Their pen goes all the way back beyond a tree line into the woods...What do I need to look for?
They get Layer, Scratch Feed, Sun Flower seeds...
I've lost 2 Hens in a week...They're fine one day and dead the next....Their vent is very large and today I found one with an egg still inside her but with just the Yoke, no shell....
I went and got my guys a new feeder, at first they wouldn't eat out of it...After a few days they figured it wasn't gonna attack them and they started eating out of it...Is this "Normal"?...
Rat poison...I saw a few mice in the Chicken coup...I bought some Decon Rat/Mice poison...I need to place it around, but not in the coup...
Any Suggestions?...Or Advice?
I have 3 week old chicks....At what age should I be able to take them out of their box w/Heat lamp and let them loose in their coup?
I'm kinda new to this...