I have been watching my 3 older gals going in and out of the coop this week testing out the nesting boxes so I figured we were getting close to that first egg.
This morning before a work meeting (yep still working at home) I took a snack to the girls and noticed one missing and she wouldn’t...
I noticed this bump on my chickens waddle the other day and today it seems bigger. I googled what it could be and Fowlpox comes up. I am concerned about my other birds and want some advice on using Oxine in their water and using a sulphur and Vaseline rub on it. Any advice would be...
I moved my 9 week old girls in with their older sisters yesterday and it went ok.
my intention was to keep the young ones in the coop all day then let the 3 big girls up in the evening, however, it was a very dry, hot 97 by 1pm so I had to let them into the run. I Put out extra water with some...
Today is moving in day our 4 big girls. Check out the New Coop my husband and Son in law built for them. They are free ranging right now so I may have a hard time keeping the cooped for a few days. Any advice on this process would be appreciated.
My Ameraucana Chicken seems to be a lot smaller than the others her age and she is not very interested in treats. I did picked her up today and hand feed her some meal worms, which she loved but was more interested in getting down. I also think she is the one who’s poop is like black tar. Any...
When we moved to our new home in 2014 that sits on about a quarter acre my husband had a vision of having a few chickens, a rabbit and maybe a turtle for the grandkids to enjoy. I grew up on a farm in New Zealand so was not apposed to the idea. Research showed we could have a small flock where...