Our coop has a roomy ten by ten fully enclosed run. The ground has gotten very muddy this fall and the chickens track it inside the coop on their mucky feet. Is it bad for their feet? Is there something we should be putting down on the ground? Will it eventually freeze and become a non issue? Or...
As a first timer with 8 hens, I was wondering if they all can be positively identified as a particular breed or can hens be mixed breed as well. We have an olive egger in our midst but unless I watch every egg being laid I don't know which hen it is. Our basket is wonderfully colored with...
This being our first year with chickens, we've learned alot and have alot to learn. Whenever we have a question this site has the answers we are looking for. Yesterday someone asked a general chicken question AND I KNEW THE ANSWER! Right then I knew I needed to officially join this awesome...