We just discovered the same thing on one of our 6 day old Jersey Giants. It's amazing the answers and advice you can find on here :) We noticed the others were pecking at it and have since separated it from the rest until it heals a little. We lost one of our 25 to pasty butt, and don't want...
Thanks so much for the replies! I will definitely post again once things are moving along. Now if I can only keep my sanity come March with 25 chickens, a 2 year old, and a newborn all at the same time :) Thank goodness my husband is on board with my project!
Ok, don't make fun of my question please :) But we are raising chickens for the first time and we are only doing this for meat. So when I placed my order (3-Buckeyes, 12 Delaware, 10 Jersey Giants) I was advised to go with all males since I was not interested in any eggs at this point. Made...
So here is a link to photos of our coop.
http://doss.smugmug.com/Other/Coop/19012529_Rw9GPW
Password:chicken
We are painting very soon...so don't mind the beautiful outside!
Newbie here:) We have recently become proud owners of a 30'x16' coop on our nearby farm. We have completely cleaned out and gutted the coop. Since we have a clean slate to start with, I have so many questions as you can imagine! We are planning on raising meat chickens initially. Once we...