First and foremost the coop is still a work in progress, it was actually an old treehouse! The official roosting bars still need to go in plus other things such as the nesting boxes but they aren’t laying yet, plus more but anyways
As we all know it’s summer time and very hot. I am a new...
Hi everyone, my chicken run is approximately 22-25ft long and 14 or so feet wide
The ground is just the grass and dirt we built it on
Are there others who just use the dirt and grass and will the poop just decompose?
I know sand is an option but it isn’t for me right at this moment
Is it...
I took two photos of the same stool, one is how I found it and the other is opening it a bit. I am hoping this is just pigmentation and it’s the only one I’ve found like this
It’s about 8am and it looks somewhat fresh so it might just be a weird poop from waking up, I know those can look funky...
9 and a half week old pullet, she isn’t limping or anything but would like to take care of this if I need to
It looks like a scab that reopened almost but if you have an idea please let me know ❤️
Wasn’t exactly sure where to put this but I’ve seen this on another one of my buff orpington pullets but on that one’s tail feathers. The one pictured is on the wing.
I think it’s what people refer to as smut but wanted another opinion(s)
This 4 and a half week old chick has been pecked at its new pin feathers several times and I have had to isolate her twice now. She was what seemed to be healed for the past several days but today I found her with blood on her tail feathers again. This time that I have separated her though...
Hi! My chickens are currently 3 weeks old but when they are to start transitioning off their medicated chick feed I would like to know some good brands of what to feed them. I’m really conflicted between either giving them a layer feed or swapping to an unmedicated chick feed or an all flock...
My black sex-link pecks at all of my buff orpingtons. Theyre 2 and a half weeks old so I know theyre supposed to be figuring out the pecking order around now, but I looked over and all of the chicks were pecking one and she bled. The next day, I noticed my Black sex-link pecking all the buff...
I have a total of 9 two week old baby chicks. 8 are buff orpingtons and 1 is a black sex-link. I had a chick yesterday get its tail feathers pecked at and she started bleeding so I cleaned her up and sprayed Vetericyn. I found out the black sex-link is pecking the rest of them, so much so, they...
My chick has hair stuck in its mouth and when I went to pull their was resistance so I stopped
This same chick 30 min earlier had to be removed from the brooder because she started bleeding from her and then all pecking at her tail feathers (I removed her stopped the bleeding and used...
Got this for my baby chicks because it’s what they had them on at the store. Any thoughts on this brand?
Also I was curious if their laying feed ingredients look good or if anyone has thoughts on it? Here’s a picture of what’s in the laying feed.
New chicken mama and I’ve heard organic is good...
I think I figured out how to share a video of an example
So she has been sounding like this for days. Otherwise, eating, drinking, pooping normally and just as active as the others. I've been told no need to worry if I don't hear anything weird from her when she's breathing, or stuff coming...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I am new to chickens! I have always been fascinated by them and they are my favorite animal!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
So I wanted to start out with about 6 but left the store with 9 LOL
(3) What breeds do you...
One of my baby chicks has a raspy chirp. Otherwise she is active, eating, drinking and pooping normally.
I have given her (them all) electrolytes and their brooder is well ventilated so I don't know what else to do if I even need to do anything. She also seems to be the one who is growing the...