My Rhode Island Red is about 9 months old, and is just sitting down in the run, she can walk, but just sits in the dirt and does not peck around. I looked at her vent could not see anything unusual, but have no idea what to look for. She does not seem to have runny eyes, or is completly...
My new coop came in and the roosts are lower than the nest boxes, so after reading BYC I am going to raise it higher to 44 inches, do they need a ladder? I have four birds, two marans, a leghorn, a Rhode Island Red, and I getting a Delaware tomorrow, so pretty good size birds.
My coop is coming today, it is 5X8 with a 5x6 custom designed chicken "tack" room to store their food and stuff. When I figure out how to use my new camera I will post some pictures. I will be attaching the run 4X7 foot run I used with the tractor for now, but I want to get a few more chickens...
I recently got chickens, I have four in a 4x6 chicken tractor with an attached 4x7 run. I was moving it around the yard, but it was really tearing up the grass, so I currently have it parked in a space I want to prep for a garden bed. I ordered a bigger coop and will be moving the chickens to...
I got two hens and a chicken tractor, waterers, and a bag of feed a few months ago on Craiglist for $50.00. I forgot to ask how old the chickens were, and they were not laying much, and one had diarrhea, so I gave them away and bought three new ones whom I knew the age and who are healthy, Two...