I am at my wits end. I know the pecking order is a legit thing, but come on! I have 8 chickens. 4 from my original flock and 4 we added a year ago. Our set up is a good sized chicken coop and a large 2 “roomed” run. There is more than ample room for all 8.
I have one chicken in...
I am new to chickening! I have 6 birds-- mixed types but all from the same place-- approx. 20 weeks old. Every day when I check on them in the run, there are numerous (8ish) orange, runny (very loose) poops. I checked the infamous poop chart, and it looks like ceacal poop, but I am...
As a new chicken mama, I read a lot on here before creating our run. I thought I had done my research. We ended up going with sand in our run. Now 3 weeks later, I just spent the day shoveling it all out. It was very smelly despite frequent cleanings and rakings; I just couldn't ever get...