I have a dusk to dawn light. I enjoy the fact that I can see you coop at any point and time. I have a very small bulb in there. 4 watt LED. Works well, not to bright. No issues.
rooster is gone. The girls seem to not take it well. Runny poop and not eating much. Yesterday they didn't even touch the corn which typically gets devoured.
Anything I can do to ease the pain? Or is it a time thing.
I understand the socialization of birds so since he was the boss man, I'm...
Just gave mine away today. Guy said he has a chicken farm and needs the EE for breeding. I didn't care as long as he's gone. Crowing was getting overwhelming. Neighboor complained. Decided it was time to go before the town comes knocking.
Posted on Craigslist on Friday and he was gone Sunday...
Curious as to how loud your Roos are. We found out, through this lovely forum, that one of the birds is a cockerel. I want to keep him. Wife does not. Town doesn't allow cockerels. Are they really that loud? Will they go all day making noise ?
Thanks.
Thanks for the replies everyone. Had a feeling he might be a roo. Which isn't good cause we won't be able to keep him.
He's 9 weeks at most. Got all of the birds at the same time. They were 2 day olds.
The chain fence is actually the neighbors fence and not part of the coop. The bottom pop doors will have easy access to grass area in the yard. So some free range. I purchased the plans online. This was the heather Bullard chicken coop. I pretty much stopped following the plan after framing was...