Discovered this girl in our woods after arriving back home. No puncture wounds or blood from what I can see, hardly any feather loss. A few feathers about 3 yards away but majority of them are in the photo pictured. Our dog who is normally outside was inside during the potential time of death...
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I have a mother hen who hatched chicks 1.5 weeks ago in a shared coop. Presently, I am having difficulty with the sleeping arrangements.
My current set up is a coop attached to an enclosed run. During the day, the door is left open so they can free range. When they all return to the...
Hey all! I purchased a “natural” cut heal spray from Tractor Supply that contains tea tree oil and other anti microbial ingredients. I initially purchased to spray on my hen who got attacked by a dog (and is now doing better). It was expensive and so I lightly sprayed it in my nesting boxes on...
Hey all…since we are having issues with “free ranging » chickens we may move our coop to a different spot on our property-butted up against an abandoned structure that a previous owner trained game birds in. It needs a little TLC but has good bones. Question is there is built up sticks and...
Hey all! So we transported our chicks to our coop a week ago and they are loving their new home and their new run. We have an open run that is heavily shaded and we let them out almost the whole day for the first time yesterday. I am a stay at home mom and am here most of the time and check on...
Hello! This is my first post here but Thankyou to everyone who contributes to this site as I have had lots of questions answered here.
Just a quick background. We have 6 week baby chicks and are living in north alabama where the climate has been high 80s-90s during the day and 70s at night. We...