3 of my 7 girls were getting their feathers pecked out by the other 4 so we put the pinless peepers on the worst offenders. It was good for about 2 days and now at least one of them with the pinless peepers is right back to her old tricks and I think that one of the others who hadn't been...
When cleaning the poop board off this morning I noticed a bunch of blood drops. Big drops, probably a couple tablespoons of blood I would guess, all dried. There was no poo in with the blood, only blood drops. The biggest drops were in line with the other poo piles but then the smaller drops...
Hi All, I don't think this is a super emergency or anything but I noticed my barred rock this morning as some torn skin on her ankle (do chickens have ankles?) and there was just a bit of reddish but not really bleeding. The other foot between 2 toes the skin looks like it is roughed up and a...
Hi, my 8 girls are 7 weeks old and have been in the coop/run since they were 3 or so weeks old. They go into the coop at dusk and whenever a dog barks. They will only be going out to free range when I am home... my neighbors dog (who has one of those underground fence tingys) likes to herd...
My 8 chicks are just about killing each other in the coop for roosting space. It is crazy out there! 5 of them are trying to roost on a window cill that only has room for 3 of them, maybe 4 at the most! And the 2 Austrolorps (named Jedi and Vader oddly enough) are fighting to the death for a...
Hi all, My girls have been in the coop for a week and a half. They are 5 weeks old on Monday and I would say pretty well feathered out. I have been turning the heat light on only at night and they have been outside all day. Today's temp was only in the 60s. The temps are still only in the...
We will be 5 weeks old on Monday. We came from MyPetChicken.com and we are supposed to be hens but we know they can't be 100% sure. None of our sisters have this much pinkish in their combs yet and the pink doesn't show up as well in these photos as it does in real life. Anyone have any...
I am probably just being a nervous chick momma but.....
I found this bloodyish kinda poo (hope it shows up well enough in the pic) this afternoon when I went to clean a favorite roost spot of my nearly 4 week old Barred Rock chick. I looked at the poo page and it looked like it was just the...
Hi All, My 8 girls are 3.5 weeks old and I put them in the coop today with a heat light. They are loving it and I am wondering if it is ok to leave them out there at night now too. It has been in the low 50s here at night but I have the light out there for them and the temp says about 75- 80...