I have a nine week old chick (Easter egger) who hatched smaller and slower than the other chicks. She is now about half of their size and for the last few days I’ve had her quarantined inside because she’s been fluffing out her feathers and I noticed she is weaker than usual. Those were her...
Hi folks. Does anyone keep nesting boxes in your run instead of/as well as in the coop? First time chicken keeper over here. My girls are pecking around their 20 x 40 yard from sunup to sundown, with no preference for being in the coop at all. I’m wondering if from spring to fall they might...
I have a really tiny white Cochin that is approximately 18 weeks old, who won’t roost and who keeps to herself, quietly trilling, her feathers all puffed out around her. She gets bustled around occasionally by the rest of the flock (who are all bigger than her) but not pecked or chased. We have...