Hello everyone! My apologies if this has been posted before, but I couldn't find much information after some googling so I figured I'd ask the experts :)
I've had chickens for 3 years and have been doing the sort of learn as I go approach, utilizing the internet if I need guidance with any...
That's a great idea! My friend has rabbits and does the same thing and didn't even think about doing that for chickens! I do put a rubber pan full of cold water in the pen during the day and I come out to find them standing in it haha, so frozen water bottles might work!
I've been thinking about putting fans up, I just have to figure out how to do that without leaving a door in my house cracked for the cords.
I have an odd chicken arrangment, the girls are kept in a movable pen and are placed all over my property due to losing so many chickens to predators...
Hey guys I was hoping for some insight in managing a coop in hot weather. This is my second summer with chickens but my first summer with a real coop and having some issues!
1. How do I keep it cooler? Its under my carport next to my house where it's protected from the sun. I have the window...
I have 5 5 month old silkies that I watched hatch and have handled consistently from day 1. These silkies came from my 4 original silkies that were absolutely delightful and friendly. Only one of the roos would chase you but would rarely attack and was docile when held and petted. 3 of the...
Hi everyone, I have a question about a possible snake attack on my poor hen. I have several chickens that aren't quite fullgrown so they stay in a pen all day but I have two mature chickens named Roo and Isla who free range when I'm home. Yesterday the pair were scratching around in the dead...
Hi everyone! I have four, one week old silkie chicks and another day old chick that hatched yesterday morning by surprise! She/he is beautiful and will either turn out to be blue or black. She came out of the shell pretty quickly and strongly so I never thought there would be an issue with her...
Since the attack happened in the afternoon, it probably wasn't a varmint...I'm thinking a dog attack. Pearl, my rooster who is still missing, got attacked by my neighbors dog and it tore off all his butt feathers and bit his legs...sounds very similar to your incident. I would ask neighbors...
Omg he's so cute! I have a silkie hen and rooster and am looking to increase my flock! I live in virginia though...quite some distance from you guys. I'm assuming you won't ship him?
Yes the door was opened, sorry if I didn't give enough info, still really shaken up! I'll attach a picture of the cage and locks. The latches are rusty so they're very hard to open and close which I don't think a racoon would be strong enough to open it
Pillows!! Haha my chickens loooove to sleep on old pillows, blankets, towels, or even old t shirts! I used to have a combination of pine shavings and pillows but now I switched to just pillows. It's practical for my chickens because they only sleep in their cage, the food and water is elsewhere...
I've been in tears all morning because I found one of my hens lying dead right off of my porch about 10 feet from the cage/coop, and one of my roosters is also missing, leaving behind piles of feathers. I should've inspected my dear Kiki's body more closely but I was so upset by the fact that...
Hello everyone, I posted about a week ago worrying that my chicks hadn't hatched in 21 days, well today is day 27 and I have three beautiful chicks! In the picture, the large fluffy grey hatched first, around 7 this morning. The yellow one hatched around 12:30, and the black on hatched around...