My girls developed bare bums over the past two months, and after adding more entertainment and protein to their run, I've decided I have to treat for mites. Now that it's warm enough, I was planning on spraying both my hens and the coop with permethrin (diluted liquid), but we do also have a...
My 7.5 week old pullets (not free ranging yet) seem obsessed with the Japanese maple leaves falling around around their run - they try to grab them through the hardware cloth, and they eat the ones that come in the door as we go in and out, often stuffing them down whole like they are in a hot...
I'm so happy to have found this forum - reminds me of when I had newborns (human, that is) and scoured the internet for all my crazy questions! This place seems to have all the answers for my feathered newborns (2 weeks old yesterday). My family and I are new to chickens. We've spent a while...