one of our chickens is injured
we have had her in the garagde, but its going to get pretty cold
if shes in the coop she wont freeze, but she might get pecked
if shes in the garadge she wont get pecked but she might get cold
it´ll be like 1 or 0 degrees, but shes lower on the pecking order
we...
a week ago, my chicken Peggyo was sitting in the coop with a huge bloody wound right above her vent. We kept her in the garage until it healed a couple days ago. Then we put her back, and she was fine.
then yesterday night, another on of my hens, a red sex link, Carol, got an even worse...
I have six chickens. They usually all go in the coop at night, but for that last few days, only the flock leader has gone in the coop. It is the start of winter and they have never seen snow before, if that helps. What is happening??????? We don't want them to get eaten by a fox.
I want to bring my chickens inside the house by washing them, then putting a diaper on them. It would just be for a little while, only if it gets cold or we need to mow the lawn or somthing like that. Is this a good Idea? Thanks!!!
I love Backyard chickens and have been getting all the info on how to care for my chicks from here! I'm so glad I finally got to join!I have six chickens, Torchic, an ameraucana, Carol, a golden comet, Draco, a black star, Pippin, a golden laced wyandotte runt with no no lacing who layed 3 eggs...