When I went out to close up the chickens tonight, and 4 of my very favorite hens were missing.
I took the flashlight out an looked around anywhere that I could think of as to where they would have gone to roost instead of in the coop. We have a 3 acre field that they are able to free range in...
I got my first flock of 18 last June, there are now 6 of the original 18 remaining. I decided to place another order (we have gotten through hatcheries) for chicks to come the 3rd week of April. We expanded our coop for the new batch of chicks and can have a divider of fencing between the 2...
I have this three week old Black Australorp Chick, and yesterday I noticed that she had some bald spots on her neck
and and sides below and on the underside of her wings. So when I picked her up to look and see what it was and if
I could see any small bugs suck as Lice or Mites. I can't see...