I went out to feed/water our chickens this morning and found one of our Easter Eggers just kind of huddled in a corner. I picked her up (and she felt kind of light- but to be honest I haven't picked the chickens up in a couple weeks- so I may be wrong...) She was very listless and promptly fell...
so yesterday afternoon our Australorp laid her first egg (the first of our foursome to do so).
It was small and peach and perfect...
though she did lay in up in the PDZ of the poop tray. Good times.
anyway- this morning when I went out to check on the ladies- I saw this on the poop board under...
so, the coop has been done for about 2 weeks now... prior to actually finishing the coop- the chickens stayed in the run all day, then hopped up to settle in on an outdoor roost bar in the run- and I brought snoozy chickens in to sleep in our bathroom. (good times, that's a whole other story!)...
hey everyone- newbie here. I've been reading/learning here for months, but this is my first post!
bit of background first- we have four chicks (two are 3.5 weeks old and two are 1.5 weeks old... we started with three chicks and one died on the third day... decided to get two more chicks since...