Boy, it sounds like the parents were ready to take her. Baby birds can be surprisingly resilient. If she’s back with her parents, I think I’d just cross my fingers.
Aww, I wish I were close enough to help. I think, if you let her outside before those wing feathers grow back, she won’t have much of a chance. Wild baby birds have such a rotten survival rate; I do hope you can pull her through. Can you possibly leave food and water set up for her in the cage...
I’m sorry, I don’t have a pic handy, but it’s about 4x10–I love on a good chunk of land, so there’s plenty of space. Just not sure what the chickens would prefer. Wider might give them more space to run and jump?
Oh, wow, math. Is it a bad thing if part of the run is roofed, and part is covered with hardware cloth? I should say, the run is mostly shaded, and the girls seem to seek out the sun when they’re resting. Thanks for your advice, btw :)
Hello! I have a quick (I think) question. I have materials to double the size of my run—but I could make it longer (like a long rectangle), or wider (like a big square). Which do you think the chickens would rather?
Hello, everyone! I’m new to backyard chickens, but we’ve recently moved to a rural area, and I decided to go for it. We have eight chickens, two ducks, and a turkey, all about a month old. I’ve been relying on your advice for the past two months—thought I should thank you!