I have a Bantam Barred Plymouth Rock Hen. 2 ½ years old. who up until this past weekend has been healthy from what I’ve observed.
Walked out to the coop Saturday to see her sitting on the ground. When she stood I noticed she was not using one leg at all.
We immediately isolated her and made...
7 birds in my tiny group. 4 in one coop, 3 in another. Moved to this home last August.
After the move my bantam partridge stopped laying. She hasn't laid since we moved. In her coop are also 2 easter eggers of which 1 stopped laying within the past couple weeks (the polish has never laid an egg...
I have a tiny flock. 10 birds. 4 in one coop/run and 6 in the other.
The coop with 6 has a silkie and due to a move i had to reduce the size of the run and they are now picking on her. Also I am recently widowed and my children have purchased their own homes so I just cannot eat all the eggs...
Evening all. I have a small flock of only 10 birds divided into 2 coops. Today we relocated both coops from an old house to my new home. As I was securing the coops for the night I noticed one of my girls refusing to go into the coop. Since I border about 45 acres of wildlife forest now...
Looked through some of the integration posts here, but, still looking for input.
Currently have 8 one year olds. Now have 2 new babies (about 3 weeks old).
I have a second coop going up very soon where Ideally I'd like to put the 2 new girls in and add 3 of my current girls. so each coop will...
After my recent incident with someone letting my birds out resulting in 3 of them loosing a lot of feathers and some minor wounds, I know I need a Game/Trail Cam.
But I don't want a traditional one with SD card. I want to be able to monitor it on my phone because I also have problems with...
I'm still searching for posts that already have some of this information, but any quick info while I do is helpful.
I posted previously in another area of the forum I came home from a weekend away to find my run wide open and one of my birds missing with no evidence of a struggle. She was my...
Came home from an overnight away with my family to find my Run door wide open. The door has a double latch- one towards the bottom and one 5 feet up so obviously the birds didn't open it and neither did an animal. It's also a door I do NOT use, so I didn't open it. It happened twice over the...
Wasn't sure where to put this thread and I did do some research.
I have hired a lawn service this year to come treat my yard. My birds do not free range due to the large number of predators here so they wont' be on the lawn, but how far away should I have them stay from the coop and run when...
One of my girls is slacking out there. LOL
This makes #4 for these teeny fairy eggs.
All the girls are a year old.
In all honesty I was not concerned when I found one a few weeks ago, but past 3 days we've found 3. will keep a closer eye on them cause concerned it's not a fluke now.
(The other...
Question. I only have 8 birds. Their run has a sufficient amount of straw on one end to add some warmth. I surrounded the bottom half with plastic to cut back on the wind, the top has a tarp over it to help keep it dry (plenty of ventilation at the top of the run) and I’ve got plenty of wood...
Just saw predicting to be below zero Thursday and into Friday, but we live in a small town and all our stores closed early to tonight (what few we have). I have a tarp over the run, for moisture, but I've seen folks say to wrap the run. I don't have anything on hand. At all, Should I keep them...
My girls have just started laying. They are not consistent yet and it's not all of them, it's just starting, but they have laid eggs in the run and in the coop. Problem is they roll them around and by the time I get to them they are disgusting. I don't want to wash them because I want to keep...
Got our very first 2 eggs (Fri and Sat, same girl). Since then I hear here sing almost daily same time every morning. I go outside and nothing, no egg. I've heard it takes a while for them to get into a routine and get their bodies regularly laying. Is the song just a practice thing? She does it...
Found our very first 2 eggs today! One in a nesting box and one in the run (??). We have 8 girls, but they are all only 17 1/2 weeks. Didn't expect any for another few weeks. Was VERY surprised. My 10 year old was hysteric with excitement! She asked for first dibs on eating the first eggs. She...
Went to tend to my birds tonight and my White Crested Polish no longer has a white head. She is a filthy, dirty, muddy mess and she's acting "off". (I know that's vague). She's just walking around quietly and slowly...which is not like her at all. When I picked her up she was very vocal…..more...
I know I'm preaching to the choir here as many of you are experts on predators. I've read tons of threads, I've done tons of research, taken advice, etc, but I still feel so ill equipped when it comes to protecting my birds.
Sitting in my bedroom right now and listening to a fisher outside...
Adding another section on to our run and am wondering what to use for a covering. I did some research on this forum and have seen many use the 2 x 4 welded wire. I have shied away from this because I thought the holes were WAY too big! But maybe for a cover it’s not? The run will be 6ft high and...
My daughter took a video while we away of a large hawk antagonizing our girls. Very cool video, but very scared girls. No free ranging for these ladies even during the day now. Covered Runs only.
Tried to upload the video but assuming we can't? Are MP4 videos allowed?
Thought it would be cool to...
I've seen a few posts on lighting but can't find the answer I'm seeking.
I have 8 girls (7 weeks old) who I have noticed will only go into the coop at night (i.e. put themselves to bed) IF the small side windows on my coop are open to provide a tiny bit of light. If the coop is dark they will...