I went to go to lock up my girls tonight and one of my hens was peeping but it was like this weird peep, the squeak peep that she does before she lays, I thought it was weird because it’s dark.
I’ve had a cough for a couple of days and no other symptoms. I was just wondering if my chickens can get sick from me? I know they have sensitive respiratory systems so I don’t want to get them sick.
I’ve noticed for the past couple of weeks that one of my hens has a dirty vent. It has this white, light brownish color and it looks like it is matted to her vent feathers. None of my other birds have that. They get a healthy amount of treats, not too much (I’ve heard that can cause it) what...
I went out to go check on my chickens and I hear one of my hens in the nesting box, facing towards the wall, making this odd, almost like squaking noise, it sounded like a concerning noise to me. I took a video but apparently you can’t upload videos on here, so I’ve included a picture of what...
hi! I went out to my chicken coop to make sure I had close the back lock and when I was fidgeting with it, I accidentally woke one of my chickens up, I heard her peeping and she sounded scared. I feel really bad. Is it bad that I woke them up? Will they go back to sleep?
I have a question for all chicken keepers. Is first Saturday lime safe for chickens to eat? I’ve heard it’s safe for them to TOUCH, but I haven’t heard that they can eat it. My chickens tend to peck at their bedding and I don’t want them accidentally eating it if it’s not safe.
My chickens have a treat thing that they peck to get treats. It hangs from the top of their run and they know how to use it. They’ve been using it fine for weeks and they haven’t been scared of it. Today, I filled it up and I was walking around their run to see if the coop needed to be clean...
I have a sliding lock on the front of my coop door, like this one ⬇️
It doesn’t seem secure enough. I don’t have time at the moment to add another lock, is there anything I can do in the mean time to make it more secure?
I love sprouting my own flax seeds and they grow into cute little green sprouts. Does anyone know if chickens can eat sprouted flax?? I’ve heard chickens can eat whole flax seeds but I haven’t heard that they can eat sprouted flax.
I give my chickens a black fly larvae mix with some oats and things, I didn’t have a chance to give them treats earlier today so I gave them it now and it’s about 15-20 minutes before they go to bed. Is it bad that I gave them treats RIGHT before bed, or is that ok?
I gave my chickens some treats this morning and my chicken went to get them and she wobbled over on one side and used to wing to stop the fall. Is this a concern?
Hi everyone! So I posted about this yesterday, but I wanted to make a new thread to get more answers. My speckled Sussex is hiding under the coop constantly, she will come out to eat , drink and for treats but she’s under there instead of pecking and scratching during the day. She is in a molt...
I’m new to chickens and awhile ago I posted about how my speckled Sussex stopped laying. She still hasn’t layed an egg in about 4-5 weeks and I’m really concerned. She is preening, eating, drinking, scratching the ground and everything but I just noticed today how her comb is pink. She has...
I’ve heard chickens love swings, so we built a swing for our chickens and it’s been up about 2 and a half weeks and none of them use it. We put some treats on it and they just eat it off and not fly up. And we even put a bird on it and she just flew off immediately. What should I do?
Hi! So today was a huge rainstorm, lots of rain and some wind. My chickens got a little wet, but they all have waterproof feathers and tarps to prevent all rain from coming into their run. They’re coop is all dry. But I am concerned about sickness. Their run was pretty wet because the wind blew...