Unfortunately I had a rooster with like symptoms, roost when could otherwise slept on the ground. When he stared drooling I took him to the vet and he couldn't figure out what was wrong, gave him antibiotics but he eventually passed away, broke my heart. A couple of years later I had a sick...
We found out a couple of years ago that the mother will put the babies in the water. My husband went out and found 3 of them in the water bucket, thankfully he found them before anything happened. After that they got a pan just deep enough to wash their faces in, and even then we put bricks in...
Something you might want to try is taking a gallon size Baggie , fill up half way with water and put one penny in it and hang it in the coop. My neighbor told me about it, she puts one in each of her horse stalls. I was having fly problems in both my chicken and geese pens so put one in each and...
Is that the colors you picked? Looks like Sandstone and Tan, nice combo if it is. It's a nice lookin barn. Can't wait to see it all done. How long will it take to put it up?