I'm looking for any advice on making life easier for aging hens. I have a couple that are getting up there in age and it seems they're struggling a bit. I plan on decreasing the angle of the ramp into the coop after today's incident. Our old barred rock took a bit of a tumble down the last...
Does anyone have any ideas what this could be? She is about 3 years old. I found her standing with her eyes closed away from the rest of the flock 3 days ago. Since then she is very lethargic and mostly stands there with her eyes closed. Whenever I bring her out to eat she does this weird head...
I began a treatment about 7 days ago. I did not think anyone was molting but I found one who is just beginning and another who is almost done growing in her feathers. That being said I was hoping to get some advice on if I should not do the 2nd treatment or if I should go ahead with it. I have...
I had my suspicions early on but did a little research and found that these birds sometimes develop a bit quicker than others. Now that she is about 5 months old I'm growing a bit concerned that she is a cockeral. What does everyone else think? If anyone qants a different or better pic please...
As we here in Northern California brace for our first wave of triple digits of the season, I thought it would be a good idea to install a mister to help keep the birds cool. I ran all over town and finally had to drive to the next town over just to find the mister that I thought would work best...
All 3 birds have blood on their beaks! I can't see any reason why. Maybe from trying to shove their beaks through the holes in the hw cloth? The cloth is 1/2 inch. Hard to tell from the pic but they won't sit still. Any input? I do see blood on the wire in a couple spots
My big girls are finally getting to explore the coop! Still need to make a better frame for the bottom I think. I'm new to this so everything is a learning experience at this point. Should I bring them back inside at night for a couple days? I'm clueless about how to do this lol:barnie
I was thinking about offering greens to my six week old babies. Well I guess they're not babies anymore LOL. I have read a lot about greens being very good for them. The question I have is should I offer some greens and if so what should I offer them? I wasn't planning on making it a full part...
I'm so excited to join this group! I've been using the site for info for a while now and finally decided to join the community. Looking forward to meeting fellow enthusiasts :)
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
A: yes I am new to raising chickens. I picked up my...