This past Saturday (it is now Friday) my RIR was attacked by a dog. She seemed fine, the dog just got a chunk of feathers. Over the last few days I've noticed that she has been moving more slowly. Today I noticed that she walks with her tail down.
She walks slowly and almost with a limp, it...
Hi, my Dominique is three weeks old. We noticed pretty early on that she didn't like to jump around as much as the other chicks and we assumed it was just her personality, since she is still eating and drinking. She usually just sits in one spot and stays there until she needs to eat or drink. I...
I just got my first chicks in the mail. Unfortunately, one arrived dead. :( All of my other chicks are easily identified, so either the chick who didn't make it is the Easter egger, or the extra chick who is alive. I ordered a meal chick as well so I do not know what breed the extra is. The...
Hi! We are going to be using a 10x10 chain link dog run as our chicken run and we will be adding hardware cloth to the bottom three feet of the fencing. I wanted a little bit of a solid wall on one side (by the coop) and I was going to use some chain link fence slats that are left over from when...
Hi! Building my first coop and run. We will have a permanent run, and I was wondering what everyone does for the floor of the run. Do you litter that part too? Do you keep grass? Thanks!
Hi, I'm Kimmy. My husband and I have two daughters. We are brand new to chickens and I have joined this website in hopes of learning as much as possible about coops and chicken care before making our purchases.