We first put the girls in the coop with a heat lamp this past April. Nights still got down into the low 20's at that time. For the month of April we left the lamp on 24/7 since we had late winter storms run through and it still averaged below freezing. The coop is inside of a shed so they dont...
The coop itself is 8 feet long 4 feet wide and 4 feet high. The nesting boxes (3) are at the far end and are just 5 gallon buckets with half lids to keep straw in. While the food and water containers are at the opposite end.The roost in the coop is only a foot up off the floor of the coop. The...
I have 5 Barred Rocks that are 15 weeks old. They have been in the coop for the past 3 months. The girls took to the coop very well for the first 2 months, but this past couple weeks they have been sleeping outside on a roost. We do not have a door on the coop entrance. It just leads out to a...
Can anyone tell me it this is vent prolapse? Chick eats, drinks and poops normal. Have separated her from the rest of the chicks due to pecking. Treating with neosporin and preparation h for the past 36 hours.
Thank you for the reply. We let the flock out to run in this afternoon and the injured girl kept up and held her own with the other chicks. I'm going to keep up with the neomycin and prep h treatments worth hippies that this is just inflammation due to being pecked.
I have a maybe two week old Barred Rock that seems to be having some behind issues. I noticed she was getting pecked on by a couple of the other chicks and immediately separated the injured one from the rest of the flock. I cleaned and treated her behind with neomycin. The next day it's vent is...