Ok so I bought an EE this summer and she's doing good, her feathers have grown back from the roosters at her previous home and she's a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to my two other girls. She is so scared of them that she refuses to roost on the bars (we have two long bars) the big girls...
My Buff Orp was squeaking when she breathed and sounded just down right weird when she tried to bawk at me. Was perfectly fine earlier when she let us know her coop mate was in the nest box. I noticed her nose was running till about 5 minutes after I got her out I the run and sorta quarantined...
I get my chicks next week!! As excited as i am I'm also worried that ill screw up. I plan on working in leaves from the yard into their litter so they're exposed to the germs in our run and consequently their future run. I don't want hens that every time they get a runny nose i shove medicine...
Orschelans is getting their chicks today!!! I can't get any till next week (payday) but so excited to finally after a year of talking about it we are finally getting chickens!!! We bought chicken wire last check and we're making a reusable brooder i found on homsteadandsurvival.com for less than...
Our coop (just the floor right now) is 7x4 and we are trying to figure out dimensions for 4 nest boxes. we're only getting 3 chickens but i want them to have a lot of options lol so they don't fight over the nests
Hi I'm Kaite and i don't have my chickens yet but got permission from my landlady to get chickens (she has2!) Still gotta build the coop and run then we'll be in business. my husband is starting the coop this weekend :-)