2nd morning in a row I woke up to a dead chick in the coop. They are separated from our big hens. This morning I found some blood in the run too but not alot. What do you think I have going on?
My coop is pretty much a box with some ventilation holes. But not much daylight gets In.. I'm also not getting eggs. Do I need to get my Sawzall out and cut some windows in my coop to let in more light?
This is my new flock of 8. I have no experience raising chickens but I'm hoping I can do a good job keeping these ladies happy. Just got done feeding them and took a quick pic.
I don't have an apron on my coop yet. I'm not really sure how to do it. I already have hardwire mesh on the sides, but it just goes to the bottom. Should I just attach more wire to the 6x6 beams that act as the base of the run fencing and then fold it 18 inches to the outside? The ground is...
Tonight is my first night with Chickens. I just put my 8 chickens to bed and I'm hoping nothing gets to them in the night. I'm paranoid I didn't do a good enough job building or securing the coop and I'll wake up to a massacre. I just checked on them again. Is this a normal fear?
Just 3 days ago I found out we are going to be getting 10 hens from someone who can no longer take care of them. I didn't have a coop setup or enough money to buy one big enough so I was able to get some old studs from my parents demo project last year and bought some plywood. I have all day...