Yesterday we found one of our 9 month old Easter Eggers laying on the ground jerking a bit and pecked bloody! All of our 21 chickens have been happily together in 3 runs and a coop big enough for 30 birds since July! Some sleep on perches in the runs but the Easter Eggers have always gone in...
Our chicken is approximately 16 weeks old and we had her for a little less than two weeks. Suddenly one foot is balled up and we have read that it’s a vitamin B deficiency. We started immediately with. Briggs Apple cider vinegar and after 2 days no change we added 1 crushed up B complex vitamin...
We are new parents to 23 beautiful chickens!! Our chickens have eaten all of the grass in three connected 8x8 runs as well as anything they can stretch their necks out for around the run!! We can not free range because the risk of predators is very very high! One side of the run is in full sun...