Hi, all.
I have a 4 year old Barred Rock hen with a foot injury.
Yesterday she looked & acted normal; today she's limping.
I managed to catch her (she's not a fan of being loved on) and check out her right foot.
The entire foot is swollen. There is a small open wound in the center of the foot...
I totally agree. It's way too small for 6 chickens imo, let alone eight!
Seems cruel to cramp them up so.
We've enclosed this coop inside a 24' x 24' chicken yard, along with an old vintage coop, so there are a total of 8 nests for our 9 birds.
I know they'll often share nests, so I hope it...
We had to try several different stores in a 75 mile radius, but found one store that had 4 in stock. We bought it online for pick-up.
The deluge stopped us from getting it today; didn't want everything soaked in the bed of the truck, so we'll get it tomorrow.
It's perfect for us, since we...
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!
You have no idea the aggravation you've saved me by saving my husband from making one from scratch. :celebrate
We'll have this inside a large pen. It's perfect for starting out, which we are.
Hello, BYC!
I found y'all by googling how to care for my 4 new little chickies. Love the site!
Thanks to a thread here, when I went to clean their pen I also checked their little behinds. Guess what I found? A hard poop stuck to one's underbutt. Oh, Dread!:fl
Sorry I don't know who to...