I just came home from a 2 week vacation to find one of my chickens almost totally defeathered! I had a neighbor feeding them for me while we were gone and she called me a few days before we came home to tell me it looked like one of the girls was losing her feathers. What an understatement...
Here's my take on the chicken tractor from Organic Gardening. I just made it longer (8') and taller (5') and only enclosed half of it since I only have 4 chickens. I still have to stain and cover the lower door with mesh and make the ramp for them to get in. I also will cover the rest of the...
I have 2 one week old Plymouth Rocks and one of them seems to be growing much faster than the other- is this normal? The smaller one you can barely see the wing feathers where the older looking one has much longer wing feathers. Also the bigger one has a larger patch of white on it's head. Could...
My chicks finally made it and all appear healthy and fine. As soon as I unboxed them and put them in the brooder they made a beeline for the water and food just like they were old hands at it. And of course soon thereafter started pooping like crazy as well!
I haven't had chicks since I was a...
I ordered a small order of four chicks from Meyer that was shipped yesterday 3/10. I waited all day for my chicks to arrive and about 4:00 when the mailman came and went with no chicks and no call from the post office , I called Meyer to make sure they were shipped. She said yes, they were...
Hello everyone, I've been lurking awhile reading up on everything and now that I have finally started my coop, the one question I have is how big should the chicken's door to the coop be? Most plans I've seen and the plan I'm basing my coop off of ( the triangular tractor from Organic Gardening...