I have Black Australorps and RIR's along with 6 meat birds in my backyard. When the BA were in the brooder I had one that her little foot curled up. Someone suggested maybe it was a vitamin deficiency. So I put some in the water. She never fully recovered but was always able to walk. So she just...
We had a raccoon come in our yard and hurt two chickens. One has a tear in the crown, the other one lost her crown all together. I put them in a separate coop and put antibiotics in their water. They are doing fine. The raccoon got into our big coop and killed two chickens. I have a cinder block...
We went down to Del's and bought 4 Rhode Island Reds today. This is our first time having chickens. They are 3 weeks old. We have them in a storage bin with a red light on top. My husband put some mesh into the lid so the kids and dogs couldn't get at them. Now my husband has to build a coop...