Over the years with our 6 chickens we never heated the coop. We are down to 1 now and I was considering putting some type of heating thinking the flock warms together but now she is alone. I was going to bring her in during the winter but rally do not have a spot for her. I was looking at...
We lost our #2 chicken last night and we are down to our last 1. She seemed OK in the morning but rapidly went down hill. My question is what to do with our last one? We have lost 3 in the past few months and I think there may be a virus in there. They are about 5 years old. Because of not being...
When our neighbors moved we took in their 6 RI reds, I had always said that when we got down to 2 I would try to re-home them because I do not want to have 1 so as too not be lonely. We lost the 4th one today. They are not laying any longer but have become our pets. They have clipped beaks. We...
One of our hens is sick and I am wondering what to do. Last week there were flies around her and I took here and cleaned out a wound that had maggots. I cleaned if completely and put on wound spray. She is barely moving. I have posted a picture of what the would looks like. A few weeks ago we...