I'm a RN and have medicated a sick bird with antibiotic injections. I was nervous about it because the chick was barely three months old and it was hard to find anything that looked like muscle, but alas, she is still with us and seems fine now.
So, how will you prevent them from scratching up the roots? I've tried putting rocks around the newer plant but that's only a temporary fix. They manage to kick them aside eventually. I put rings of chicken wire around some plants and that seems to work better but it's not very attractive and...
I recently had someone erect a four foot high wire fence around the area where my raised beds are. Before that the chickens were constantly digging and throwing the soil out. I was having to replace soil amendment and soil every couple of days. Unfortunately I have one hen that continues to...
