Hi! I have a flock of 4 hens (no rooster)--the original 3 (the boss and 2 that are now broody and sitting on fertile eggs I got from a friend) and 1 (Cookie) added by hatching from a broody 2 years ago. The boss has never shown any interest in going broody, broody hens, or chicks.
The two...
Hi! I've been treating a limping hen for bumblefoot on the bottom of her foot...got a core about the size of a pea and it's healing nicely. However, she is still limping and over the past few days I've noticed two lumps on the top of her foot. I'm bandaging the bottom of her foot while *that*...
We are redoing our coop and I wanted to have two roosting bars, same height, about 15" apart with a poop board underneath them. I was then going to tuck the nesting boxes into the space under the poop board (about 10" from the floor and 4" from the poop board) but now I'm reading that the...
Hi, everyone. I'm new to the site. This is my first winter with chickens and, based on what locals have told me, my 3 girls have an unheated coop. But we will get to -22 tonight--our coldest night this year--and now I'm worried that they will be too cold. The two windward sides have hay bales...