My chicken coop is kind of a hassle to clean, because the run we built has a top on it. We figured it might be good to get a walk in coop so the chickens have more room to go about their day and they won't make one small area totally disgusting. I'm also thinking about some of that Koop-Clean...
I saw an advertisement in my chicken magazine about the Nite Guard. It's main purpose is to simulate the red eye of a real nasty predator like a coyote, sending clueless, moronic animals back to their dens Fact is, I can't tell whether or not it works without trying it myself. Does this thing...
I am looking for some advice on either how to keep fisher cats out of your coop or how to get rid of a fisher cat. Our once flock of 7 is now down to 3 due to a fisher cat who has been eating them in the night for the past 3 nights. The odd part is, when we found one of the chickens dead three...
One of my family's adult buff orps must have gotten into a scuffle with some kind of creature in the night because it has a large red injury on its neck. There are no feathers around the area and it is pretty raw, red, and nasty. She acts normally but we are worried because of how gross the...
Hi! Our family is keeps seven chickens in there coop almost full time. Because of this, all the grass is scratched up and the ground is really gross right now. We are considering laying down hay or some other type of bedding and wanted to know the best material for this purpose. Do you have any...
Hello, my family just got new baby chicks and one of them died yesterday morning and now one of them is acting very strange. She cannot move very well and will not put any weight on her left leg and whenever she tries to stand she falls to whatever side. We quarantined her in her own little...