My chicks are two and half weeks old and I just noticed this on one of their backs. Any ideas on what it is and do I need to do anything with it? Thanks in advance.
How high should the chicken door and nesting boxes be off the coop floor when using the deep litter method? Just finalizing my coop design. Thanks in advance!
We are in the early stages of planning our chicken coop for our family. I would like to have 6-8 perennial egg layers and then raise 8 or so chickens every year for just meat. Can I do this in the same coop/run or are the feeding requirements too difficult to sort out that way?
I've seen a lot of recommendations for the trigger happy automatic chicken feeder on this site but their website doesn't appear to be operational. Any idea where I can get one or how I can make my own? Thanks!
Does this exist or no? I live in Wisconsin.
Any other solution where I could leave 6 chickens for two weeks in winter without worrying about water for them?
I am in the initial phases of thinking about a small backyard flock. My backyard is about 1.25 acres in Wisconsin. My objectives would be to raise a few chickens (6ish) for meat and eggs, help control japanese beetles in my garden/raspberry patch and ticks around my yard, give my daughter a...