confinement

Hi everyone! So Rita (bantam Silkie/buff Cochin cross) has decided to become a screeching pancake. I don't mind if she wants to set eggs, but I'm at a loss of what to do to make her successful. We have our pre-made coop that everyone uses, but I also acquired a very small coop/maybe a rabbit...

I got my sweet Taco a few days ago and I've noticed that she just hangs out in the coop alot.🤔 I have her and a few other small silkies in a coop of their own in my bantam run. (That way they don't get fought away from the food since they are alot younger than my main flock) I let them eat in...

Hello everyone! I am new to the group. I joined in the hopes of getting some advice as to how to help my chickens... Three weeks ago, and a day after we brought our hens home, an eagle swooped in their pen and attacked one of the bigger girls (we have six brown layers). The attacked hen is now...

So I’ve had trouble two times in the past with roundworms so bad I quit chickens for 2 years. I’m ready to start again-coop is has been bleached down several times. However I believe my ground is basically contaminated. I hate to coop away chicks but I can not go through it again. So...

I have had this topic on my mind recently. I have not had many predation issues **knocks on wood**. I understand that some chicken keepers would lose birds everyday if they were free. BUT - for those of us who have low predation, is free ranging better for chicken happiness than confinement? My...

"Well, it's finally, happened, Zachary..." After years of letting my chickens free-range with hardly an incident of aerial predation, a red-tailed hawk has discovered the bounty. Yesterday there was a lot of cackling going which I thought was just a hen and one of the roosters bragging about an...

Hi everyone! So heres my situation, i currently have 8 chickens, 1 silky bantam roo, and 2 ducks. My coop can manage and house my flock perfectly, its about 10'x9'. My boyfriend came home tonight telling me a man he knows wants us to take in 3 of his hens this friday. He started with 7 last...

hi, I’ve read that integration of a new hen to the flock is critical. What I need advice on is for how long? I have 2 SLW hens and think I have found a good home for at least one of the SLW Roos. My silvers are about 6months old. I’m bringing in a older hen, don’t know anything about her except...

Hi everyone, we have 9 8-week-old chicks that we raised since they were 2 days old. They were raised indoors until 3 days ago when we moved them to the outdoor coop. Among them there is a brown Leghorn. She was very active, but not very people friendly. 5 days ago when I was chasing her around...

Buckbeak, my 2yo Dark Brahma hen is losing all her feathers without seeming to grow any back. She currently has a secondary Bumblefoot infection, so she's in a crate in the garage. I've gave her 5 1/2cc shots of Tylan 50, went 4 days without, and gave her 2 more shots. The last shot was...