I have a foot of snow on my property and its currently -20. No live bugs or live edible plants for the chickens in this frozen tundra til prob late April/May. Unfortunately, for about 6 months of the year, my chickens rely on feed and purchased supplements. I do give them salad scraps, but none...
Im in Southeast Wisconsin. I have had birds all my life, in various places around the US. and never had a whole flock stop laying for this long. My hens will be three in a month, and they have not laid since right about Thanksgiving. All 6 went through molts at various times this winter. Ive...
I have 6 who have not laid since at least Thanksgiving. Never ever had the entire flock stop laying for so long (this is by far the strangest group of hens Ive ever had).
2 started molting around Thanksgiving and every few weeks, another 2 started. The first two are finally done, and the...
I was searching circulatory issues before starting a new thread and saw this one. wondering about updates on your birds?
I have a 2.5 yr old laying hen who is very lethargic, has battled bouts of that on and off the last year. Every few months she spends 2-3 days like she might die any minute...
Im dealing with an issue that could be a tendon problem in her hock. We are making a chicken seat/sling. keep her off of it for a bit to see if that helps it heal. Hope yours is doing better
btw, it doesn't seem too stiff when trying to flex it, it may not be totally out, maybe just sprained? How would I know if it's a broken bone? I guess that would be more obvious.
I have a feeling this is it. It does feel a bit out and after rubbing it, trying to straighten it back, she does put a bit of weight on it. I am in the process of making her a chicken seat/sling.
thank you!
I have a 1 + yr old sex link hen who will not put weight on her left foot. This started sometime yesterday. When I got home last night, I noticed she was not on the roost and I just left her be. Today, she did make her way out of the coop and was limping. She otherwise will not walk. She has...
This is such a great thread.
I last had a broody hen about 5 years ago, one of my Buff Orpingtons (page 91 in this thread). Now I have a part time broody hen, one of my Barred Rocks, Sophia.
I say part time, bc she isn't displaying the usual obsessive broodiness (in the box 24/7, poofing...
Good news. There is a local wildlife rescue that specializes in birds. And they have a couple of foster geese, ones who can’t fly. But are otherwise wild. And they received a same aged gosling a couple hours before. So little dude/dudette has a friend and will have foster parents and at the end...
I’m a chicken mom… But my neighbor found a lone gosling wandering, handed it over to me. We live near a small river. Nobody has seen any gosling‘s lately let alone barely any goose pairs hanging out here the last week or so. Have no idea where this little fella came from. Currently in my bathtub...
I was in Spokane about 14 years, but I also spent 7yrs outside Yakima just before Chinook pass (we got snow like you do) and teen age years in Tri Cities. Moved to Wisconsin 4 years ago for my job. In the SE part of the state we get insane cold, but not usually this much snow stacked up at...
yeah that is what I was thinking. Its fine for them over night, but not a fan of 24/7 lockdown. it is well ventilated (more than what you can see in this pic) and they have space under the coop, plus a covered porch. we have so much snow, Im running out of room to put it. nothing has melted...
In Wisconsin, we are getting an arctic freeze this week/end. Going to be negative teens thru Tuesday (its almost 0 now). Pondering of locking my girls in their coop for a few days instead of letting them out in the run.
When I lived in Washington, I had a huge old barn my chickens were in...
yes on the pic
our door closes down/opens upward. there are some ice chunks due to the melt/freeze going on. Im sure she will be fine. Just making sure it stays clean
I added pics to the first post. They have dry areas for the day and I put straw down after shoveling paths in the snow. for all the years Ive had Chickens in cold weather, Ive never had frost bite issues outside spots on their combs. hmm