Came on here to see hlif any if these hens shaking their heads was resolved? I had 1 bird a few days ago doing this. I removed her from the flock for 2 nights but she snapped out if her lethargy and this morning I put her back in the coop. Only a few hours later another hen has started shaking...
Welcome! I did the same with looking. I never saw anything online that would work for our small backyard, hot and dry climate, 65 mph winds and needs until we went to a farm show and there it was! We are in Zone 9 and we chose an open coop design due to the extreme hot temps here in the summer...
Welcome! I believe you may be on a local FB group I'm on or was on cause I remember this story! Such a tragedy on your girls. Glad you will get some new girls this year. Not sure how far away you are from the IE but howdy neighbor!
Thank you. Yes, I am thoroughly enjoying them. Its fun to see the colors of the three eggs we are getting almost daily. Our Oliver egger is laying a pretty grey egg every single day along with the Rhode Island Red. They are machines! The Lavendar Orpington lays a pink egg 5 days a week. I guess...
The coop (nesting boxes) and roosting bars are cleaned off every morning. Two of our girls like to sleep in the boxes so ...poop. I rake under the roosting boxes almost daily. Some days I have to run out the door for work. I have an open coop. I clean the run out every weekend. I had...
Happy New Year Everyone!
I am a new chicken mama and happy to join the community. We were introduced to backyard chickens from our neighbor who woo'd my husband by giving him eggs, inviting him over to hold them and he finally convinced to get on board. We went to the Farm Show in San Diego...