My husband would like to paint the outside of our chicken coop with "red-lead" paint which is often used on metal against rust but can be used for wood too. I'm not sure how long we need to wait before there are no poisonous fumes coming off the wood.
I seem to remember from last year that you were to increase the amount of water in the incubator during hatching. Could somebody verify this? I have 4 early birds - thought I had another 5 days to go but the hen must have been sitting already when I rescued the eggs from her nest in the garden...
One of my 4 chicks, a month old and healthy, in a pen outside during the day, has been attacked by unknown predator. The crop is open in a few places but what concerns me the most is at one end (?). I extracted food which had gotten stuck there but I am unsure where water and food will go now. I...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Years ago! But I prefer them to take care of themselves. However we require them to sleep locked up.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? After a series of murders from predator birds and probably a fox, we were down to 1...