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It's not the things they can slip and stumble upon...chickens seem to do that on a dust particle, they are that clumsy at times. It's just the multiple criss cross of things in a small space, the ropes, the lack of clear floor space if they should hop down from the roosts in a hurry, etc. It...

Hey, if you like it that way and you feel it's safe, don't change a thing!

It too looks dangerously cluttered with unnecessary items on which birds can get hurt. How many chickens do you keep in that space and how do you manage to clean the floor with all that stuff in the way?

Clear out every bit of that clutter until they have wide open spaces in which to walk through the middle of their run and coop space. If you want them to have other levels of living, a few solid perches, a hay bale or stump, or similar wide and solid object on which they can hop up to would be...

Oh, man...I see several different ways a chicken could really get injured in that setup. It may seem like a play yard for chickens but eventually you're going to have a bird that gets hurt there.

I wouldn't wait. And you may want to read this...it's an interesting read: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/tthis-chicken-vaccine-makes-virus-dangerous/

I agree with that! It's just what chickens DO. Like dogs and cats love to hunt prey, chickens do also, except their prey is a tad smaller. Hunting and foraging for their food is how they are designed, it's in their very DNA to do so, and all creatures are healthier physically and mentally if...

Don't toss it..it's fine to be fed to your hens. The pecking order is not bullying in the chicken world, just looks like that to us. It's just how chickens sort out things and it doesn't rub off on young pullets.....when they get to laying, they too will be enforcing their status upon one...

Nowadays I only use broody mamas, which pretty much takes care of getting them started right in all ways, but before that and when I had chicks to brood without a mama, I did the following: I brood the chicks right in the coop and right on the same deep litter my flock has been using. I...