should holes be put in the floor to help ventilation? Will predator chew through them...of vents near bottom with covers do the trick? Temp range -30 to 100.
my one little bantam has no feathers left on her back, and what looks like pecking on the top of her head. I have a rooster, that may be a bit overzealous. Should I keep her separated until my saddle I ordered arrives on Tuesday? Any advice is welcome.
She is improving. It is not real bad. She can sometime use leg properly. I have started all my chickens on a vitamin and electrolytes water supplement.
Should I do more for my hen that is affected?
she is a 9 month old. She had normal egg production. Just started looking “ scraggly”
Confined, fed mash this am. She is looking perky now but unable to use one leg(foot). MAREKS.? So worried for all my feathered friends
Wow! Lots of advice.. really appreciate the responses. But I think I have been unclear with many things. So I will start over.
We started our “farm” with 29 day old chicks. We raised them in our basement until we built a coop and put them outside. They were about 4 to 5 weeks. They were...