My question is What do chickens need to stand on for sleeping at night? Mine stand on a shelf or huddle in the corner, which have a little straw on both, and sometimes they sleep in the box they lay their eggs in. I don't think these ideas work and am wondering what other people suggest.
I noticed a thin shell from one chicken Pinky, so I ramped up the calcium with yogurt, black fly larvae, and oyster shells. Their organic laying pellets and grain are for laying hens. She recovered quickly.
I couldn't heat the coop enough during the winter. I bought 2 chickencoop heaters that look like flat screen TVs, safe to be next to chickens, but they didn't get warm enough, so I kept the chooks in the garage until I got workshop overhead light fixtures and red heat lightbulbs and use heavy...
I had four New Hampshires that are 10 months old, and they are free range for part of each day. They get organic feed and organic fruit/veggies, etc from the kitchen. Last week one was not walking, just standing. I brought her in the house and she laid an egg in the kitchen corner, and it was...