I have an australorp hen that has hurt her leg or foot. She will try to walk on it but it is more of a limp. Her toes just flop. They turn under her foot when she does walk. She doesn't walk much. I'm guessing that it hurts to bad. She is a free range chicken. We brought her in the house last...
Got a question! We have turned all our chickens loose to free range. We moved the nesting box cause our Donkey took over the chicken coop. LOL
My question is will the chickens still use the nesting box? How long will it be before they start using it?
Not that we know of. She is roaming free in the yard. We had her in the coop but the other hens and the rooster was beating up on her. They actually drew blood. We have looked in places where she lays and have not found any eggs. She roosts up in a tree by the house that is very tall. She...
We are new to raising chickens. We have an Old English Game Hen. She laid one egg yesterday and my girls picked it up by mistake. When will she likely lay again? This is the first egg that she has laid since we got her about 3 weeks ago.
Right now we just have a plain ole waterer. We just take the feed in the coop and spread it around on the ground. My girls love feeding and watering the chickens!