We have 2 large coops and runs. One coop has a automatic door. We would like to connect the coops with a Omlet tunnel that is typically used for bunny’s. We have this set up for our rabbits and they love it. I just don’t know if anyone has used the tunnel for chickens or if it is big enough?
9 days ago we noticed our 1 yr leg horn’s belly was swollen and she was waddling. We brought her in and soaked her in epsom salt tub, did a vent check (no egg), still injected mineral oil in vent. No egg. Normal stool. Belly was water ballon “feeling” and attempted to drain with 18 ga needle and...
We went from 14 to 6 chickens in 4 days; we let them free range during the day and in the coop at night.
Locked them all up in the coop and man were they mad...but alive. It is a nice, big coop but closed in on three sides and wood floor, no run.
Had to do something quickly so we bought a coop &...
We live in a very rural area and free range during the day and put the chicken in at night. We maintained a steady number of them through the winter but we lost our 3 oldest chickens in the past 2 weeks. No evidence. Nothing. During the day or evening and we round them up at dusk and put them...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Brand new/8 Chickens 2/2017 and 13 Chickens 7/2017 & 20 Guineas 7/2017, 1 adult guinea & 1 adult rooster came with property.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 17 chickens-16 Hens, 2 Roosters. 18 Guineas
(3) What breeds...
Hi! Our Hen has been free ranging during day and cooped at night. We found where she has laid her first ever eggs outside the coop. She would not be safe to sit on the eggs in the current location and the eggs are not safe. Not that she seems interested in that at this point, but she may.
She...