My pullets don't roost. They just...don't. They were born in early June, so they are around 18-20 weeks old. They still sleep all huddled on top of each other in the corner - she same corner of the coop they slept in when they were tiny gals. We've gone out there pretty regularly and put...
I need some suggestions for feasibly feeding our little cross beak Auracana. She's about 4 months old and is one of 6 in our flock. She's half or even less than half the size of her sisters. She has never been the aggressive one - in fact, she's the bottom of the pecking order. But lately...
Just started a new coop for our 6 new little girls (2 Light Brahmas, 2 Gold Laced Wyandotte & 2 Araucanas). I am not going build an integrated run for it as I would for one of my customers coops. I intend to fence out a large run (8'x24') in part of our backyard for the girls. I see that a lot...
I have 15 chicks (5 Light Brahmas, 5 Gold Laced Wyandotte & 5 Arancanas from Cackle) at the post office waiting to be picked up in an hour or two. This is the first time I've had chicks this young and I have one question. We are expected to be in the high 80's to very low 90's during the day and...
I've now built 25-30 small coops/tractors for 2-10 chickens but I have never actually owned any myself. I will be getting 2-3 pullets in march and have been building my coop. In all the other coops I have built I have had solid wood floors, for some reason I got a wild hair and made the floor in...