One of my hens was molting heavily especially from her back end. When I took a snack out to the girls, she was missing and I found her wedged between the nesting boxes and the walls. She had lost most of the feathers all over her back end, her wings were injured and she was limping. I moved...
She is now drinking water if we hold her by the bowl of water. We got NutriDrench down her last night and today she eat some coconut oil. There is no solid poop, but slightly soiled fluid on her towel.
I continue to work on the fluids, she is totally not interested. She can stand- not for long, her crop feels hard and she has not pooped since she has been inside. Just seems to rest mostly, keeping her in a box in the bathroom.
When I leave in the morning and get home at night it is dark, the chickens are in bed obviously. Last night when I went in to check their water and collect eggs, I was short one chicken. I found her outside in their run laying next to a feeding bowl, on her side and frigidly cold. Her body...
My buff orp had become broody, so I switched out the egg with a newborn, she is an awesome mama. We gave them separated from my other three girls. When and how do I introduce them back into the flock?
The large coup is what we just completed for the girls, the smaller red one is where the two older girls lived, and the small one is where the three younger girls lived. They spent several hours out in the yard staying in their two separate groups, but when close together, one of the one young...
I have two flocks of girls, two were born April 2018 and the other three were born this Feb. I have had them out to free range together some, last night their new coop was finished and they are now all together. The two older girls are scared to death of the other three. The easter egger is...
My 7 month old Easter egger has been laying for almost 2 months now, very regularly, rarely with two days between laying. It has been a week now since she has laid an egg. Should I be concerned?? If so what do I do?
Group one was born April 2018, group two born Feb 2019. Free range approximately 2 hours a day - new coop is 15’x6’- 2/3 of small storage barn-run will be 15’x12’.
It is obvious what is the top of the pecking order, one group has two orpingtons and the other one- these girls are pretty mellow, while the other three seem to have worked it out. Do I put all six together in the coop or the run first??
I have built a new coop and have two flocks of girls (6 total- 3 each group) that will be living in there. This will be new to both groups, they have free ranged together, but not living together. I am looking for thoughts on the best way to move both groups in together in the new coop.