I just bought a new (to me) hen house & will need some help modifying that soon, but I'm looking for thoughts on economical semi-permanent/permanent run builds. Ideally with minimal labor/time to put in since I'll need to clean the new henhouse & modify it a bit...and my new chicks will soon be...
I have 3 cockerels, 1 of which I've figured would be the dominant one for a bit (he's just been a bit more assertive from the start). Today I noticed them all facing off a few times, but when I went back out there the other 2 cockerels had bloody faces.
I know they all will peck at the color...
so I moved my chicks to the coop today. We've got temps in the mid 70s during the day and about 60 at night. They are only 4 weeks old, but I also put their brooder plate in there with them. I've shown them the brooder plate and that it's nice and warm...but they're still huddled up on the...
we have a Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix who is usually sufficiently well behaved. Unfortunately, she has a bit of a prey drive. I had hoped it wouldn't be too much of an issue between the fact that she has adapted well to our other small animals (cats & a bunny) and the confinement of the...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Sorta-we had a few off and on when I was growing up. It was a farming community & we were known to take in stray critters, so we wound up with people's "spare" roosters, troublesome hens, bullied babies, etc. The most we ever had at...
They were hatched last Monday & shipped. 17 chicks arrived to me Wednesday. Either Wednesday night or Thursday morning this one had pulled a bunch of feathers from her flank (the day is hazy because we had 2 losses Thursday-1 lethargic, 1 seizures & ? wry neck?). Saturday morning I noticed this...