Hi BYC! I have a total of 5 chickens. After we got back from a week vacation, we found that 2 of our girls were limping. One has a tender leg and limps the other one has a knee that buckles - like she is double jointed. We usually let them out of their coop during the day to free range but while...
Blondie, my Buff Orpington has been acting strange for a couple weeks. She is coughing, yawning, weak. She eats and drinks fine, preens, but when she has bad balance when she moves too fast. She doesnt eat a ton but she's eating. She feels skinny when i pick her up. She doesnt hold her wings...
Hi all. I have 6 gals who are about 1 week old. I had there started mash in a round feeder that has a top with holes in it. they pecked at it fine but not a lot. then I took the top off so they could get to their mash easier and holy crap! they go through a whole bowl and then some each day...
Hi all! We were given this chicken coop and i wanted to see if you had any suggestions for anything additional in it. Specifically I was wondering about the placement of the ladder for them to get up to the roost as well as to the nest boxes. Should I have a ladder on each side? will they be...
Hello all! Thanks for letting me join. We are getting a used coop today so I am in the planning stages of getting it off and running. Im sure i'll be posting a ton of questions but the first one is do you recommend we put the coop and the yard on bricks instead of the ground? we picked up some...