Thanks for the reply
ye i thought thats what might have done it, the chick was very tangled so i did have to cut it off
Should i cut her feathers back a bit to prevent this happening again??
I went to let the chicks and mother out this morning and the mother came running out with a baby wrapped around her feathers dead.
Does anybody no what could have happened?
Is there anything I can do to stop this happening again.
this is the third chick ive lost, a rat took the other 2. I...
robnms looking at the catch basin system it does seem simpler and effective and is relatively cheap, thank you
DaddysChickens the water is from heavy rain and snow and there is some water coming from the coop roof going into the run
My run has very bad drainage and was researching was to improve it and cane across thr french drain method.
Basicly digging a trench and putting preforated pipes and gravel in to the trench and leading it to somewhere else
Would this work or does anyone see a problem?
If it will work I plan to...
the software was quite simple to set, all I had to do was connect the camera with a ethernet cable and then connect it to the wireless network. All the instructions were included in the manual.
I mounted the camera 6ft from the roost at the top of the coop and can see the whole coop with the pan...
i have heard that white bread can clump in there crop and stay there because it is doughy
i am not sure if this is true, but i still feed them all bread