Hi,
This will be the first our first winter with chickens. My husband built our chicken coop with a wire mesh floor to make it easier to keep clean and the coop is elevated about two feet off the ground, San Diego temperatures are pretty mild but will get down to the 40s F in Winter and I am...
Thanks for the good thoughts, unfortunately my little Lorenzo took a turn for the worse and I didn't want her to suffer anymore. I took her to the vet and they put her to sleep for me. I have her here right now, tonight my husband and I will pick a nice spot in our garden to bury her. She was...
Thanks for the welcome and the good thoughts, unfortunately my little Lorenzo took a turn for the worse and I didn't want her to suffer anymore. I took her to the vet and they put her to sleep for me. I have her here right now, tonight my husband and I will pick a nice spot in our garden to...
Sadly on Saturday at about 3:30am we woke up to cries of help from our hens because a raccoon had gotten into the coop. When we got out there we found one of our girls on the ground still alive but hurt, looks like it was trying to bite her head off :`(
So for the last two plus days we've had...
Hi,
My husband and I just started keeping hens. We've had our girls for about 6 months. I'll tell you it is more difficult than I expected. It isn't the cleanup or work associated with it, it is how attached you get to them so when they get hurt is is really tough to deal with. Sadly on...