Since we started with chickens around 3 month ago, we have(as of today) we have lost3 hens. They have all passed in the exact same manner. They were all just fine running around eating/foraging, and taking dust baths. Then suddenly they start agonal breathing and then not long after, they just...
I made this new feeder today. We decided to try fermented feed for our girls. I had seen where someone use vinyl gutter for feeders, I I made this one. Cost about $20.
(1) 10' piece of gutter cut in half
(4) end caps
(2) old deck boards for a base and weight to hold them still.
We have had chickens now for about 2 months. Keep in mind, my wife begged for 15 years for chickens and I finally gave in.
The first pic is of our 1st coop. It was fine for our first bunch, but was outgrown within 3 weeks. Finally getting close to having the new coop done. 2nd and 3rd pics are...
We are extremely new to raising chickens and have never had a hatch. We have a hatch that is supposed to start tomorrow. For the most part, the temp has stayed good the entire time. The humidity has been the challenge. We have mostly been able to keep the humidity around 50%, but yesterday it...