One of our Welsummer hens has a foot problem that appears to be progressive. When we bought her one toe on each for would curl slightly, but if she was perched on my finger, they gripped normally.
Over time, the ime got became increasingly bent and her range of motion gradually became less...
I have Welsummer and wyandotte hens (and some smaller birds, too, for a total of 8) and I wanted a third perch in the henhouse. But the head clearance would only be 18". I don't want to bother if the birds can't use it.
We probably don't really need the third one, since the wil be two six foot...
This may have been asked before, but I didn't see it. What is a good angle to set the ramp for my chickens to get into the henhouse?
The henhouse will be 6'x4' and it will be located in a 10x10 run.
This ISA brown chick is supposed to be a pullet. I know this is one breed ave you can tell the sex pretty much by day one, and I think it's awfully light for a pullet.
Obviously, my neighbors don't want a rooster crowing at 5am and waking them up, and I assured them that wouldn't happen...
Hi, I owned chickens in a rural setting in the past, but I moved and didn't live where I could own them for a few years.
Now I moved into my own property in a new town and they aren't strictly prohibited, so we got some. I'm hoping to learn about how others deal with any particular...