I want to at least put a light in the coop, due to the weather getting cold! I can't run it all the time due to cost, so when might the best times/ duration be? my coop is fairly small and i only have 4 girls, so i plan to put in coop not run. any thoughts would be much appreciated. thank you...
Hello- i am is southeastern MI i only have 4 girls! very worried about winter and keeping them from frost bite. I live in a neighborhood with an ordanance against farm animals tho my nieghbors have not complained. We love our eggs and the entertainment the girls bring to our lives
I don't know if this is the right place to post this but.....
The weather here is MI is rain, so bad that my back yard is flooding the girls r is a coop with roosts and and upper area away from the water it just isn't as roomy. They will stay out of the water right? I am concerned they will get...
Ok- so many things i have learned and keep learning. After a few things have happened in this process the Tractor supply place told me to use Wazine on my flock every 30 days. ok so now i worried about my dog and a puppy that frequents our yard (of course they eat the chicken poop). The owner...
Hopes pics help and thank you! wow how do you get them to stand still and pose thought ya might like to see their crazy feet
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Hello - have no idea of the sex of the Frizzle (has too many toes) ???? The grey one i think is a barred rock and believe is a she, tho the 2 puff their feathers at each other often. No eggs from any yet, (hatched in spring). Also have isa brown definately female and i always wondered when you...
Okay so i have been reading some posts here and i will ask a question. My isa brown is wierd I thought she was sick (but no) then i thought loosing her vision (maybe) now she is laying down with one wing spread out, cooing for a time, then gets up. she is being picked on recently so is hanging...
Thank you for your reply! the 3 new ones have not started laying yet
How do i describe my symptoms like i said she seems like she is halluncinating and she has running poop
Can hens hallucinate? she was a chick in the spring and has been doing fine. yesterday she didn't drink or eat when i brought out morning supplies. she was acting odd. My chicken don't let me touch them but i started to stroke her and got no response so i picked her up and put she in a small...
so quick question on raw wheat. i had this wreath on my door from fall, it started falling apart and i took it off and set it on the ground, ok laziness it grew! can i feed it to the chickens?
Hello to all my more experienced chicken lovers- I have added 3 new chickens to my group and the breeder that gave us the chick let the kids pick a frizzle. Well now it is getting to be an adolescent and when i look at it i see a male, maybe i am paranoid. but how do you tell? It has more toes...
wow thanks that was super helpful and a good reference to have! It looks like it could be ceacal? tho i don't know what the green things r? if i take a sample to the vet they will charge $23 just to look and decide what it is :O
if i believe it is this how do i treat? is anyone out there brave...
Hello i am very new to this site, so i unforturnately can not post a picture which would help! one of my girls has passed and odd looking bm. it is runny and lite brown with 2 green things in it (non moving). i did have one bantam die on saturday so i am super worried. (i don't know why she...