I have three hens and the smallest has been getting picked on. About two months ago one of the other hens (or maybe both, not sure) pecked at her comb and did a bit of damage. Her comb is now a little disfigured but healed pretty quickly and things were fine for awhile. Two days ago however, I...
So my girls are about 2.5 months old now and getting so big!! This is my first adventure with chickens and I'm absolutely enjoying every minute! I'm excited about them growing so fast and thought maybe someone else might enjoy the excitement as well lol here's some pictures of them...
Any idea why sometimes my palms are itchy after I come out of the chicken coop/run? Even if I don't touch the chickens sometimes my hands are still a little itchy. And it's only my hands not my feet or arms or anything else. Could it be mites? What should I look for if it might be mites? Or is...
My chicks are about 5 weeks old and we’ve moved them into their coop and run since they were getting a little big for their brooder and it’s August so it’s warm out. But the nights do still get chilly so I’ve got their heat lamp up in the coop just to be safe. They don’t seem to go up into it at...
This is Penny. I think she might actually be Peter but until I hear a crow they’re mine! It’s not a township issue my boyfriend just doesn’t want any roos in our flock. She’s (he) is only about 5 weeks old so it’s still too early to tell and I’m ok with it. I absolutely adore her (him) and she...
Very new here and new to chickens!! I’d love to hear from and take advice from anyone local!
I’ve got four 4.5 week old chickies right now and I’m already in love and wanting more! Definitely becoming a crazy chicken lady. That’s more dignified than crazy cat lady right? At least I stopped at...
New here!! and new to raising chickens. Our chicks were getting too big for the brooder so we started their forever home. Originally we thought about building a chicken tractor out of pvc but it seemed like it was going to be a bit expensive and we already had some pressure treated 4x4s lying...