We live in NH and we just had that crazy cold weather. One of our Legbar's comb has quite bad frostbite, and a Speckled Sussex and Orpington have light frostbite. The combs have thawed but the temps are due to drop again to around -9 - should I bring the injured girls inside the garage? The coop...
We are experiencing a very determined animal. Tunnels into the run under the 2ft sunk hardware cloth every morning. No one hurt yet, but I am not sleeping. Could you please share your hot wire set up?
My 17-week pullet's tail looks ragged. I do not care about the aesthetics, but want to make sure this is not an issue with diet, parasites or living conditions. As a first time chicken keeper I am grateful for any advice.
So definitely a cockerel? (the butt bottom right in the feeding photo ) at 10.5 weeks.
Also - I advertised the 5 cockerels on Craigslist and two people said they would take the lot - is this common?
I hatched 9 chicks Christmas Day, so they are now just over 7 weeks old. Thinking 5 of the 9 are roosters, but hoping this lovely Lavender Orpington is a pullet - thoughts?