Found these feathers on the coop floor this morning. What are the white things on the feathers? Seems to be only on a couple of feathers and not on the rest. I dusted them with DE 3 weeks ago and I have 4 chickens.
I have a 20 x 20 dog kennel I use as a chicken run. We have been invaded by "no see ums". These little suckers are biting the crap out of my chickens and myself every night. Does anyone know what I can put down to get rid of these pests and is chicken friendly? Preferablely natural too.
I put...
I have always heard that you should lock your chickens up in their coop at night. I have a coop that I think is too small for my 6 chickens (4 months old) but it has an attached small run. this all sits inside of a 20x20 dog kennel run that has hard work cloth all the way around and dog kennel...
I have six - 3 month old chickens (total beginner at this). I have been told that I should keep them in the coop at night, which I have been. I was also told that I didn't have to put water for them in the coop, which I do now. They were running out of the coop every morning straight to their...