Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

I'm worried how too deal with this on Tina

I've seen her plucking her own feathers now there's a gap.

No access to vets can someone give me a little direction please. View attachment 2976475

Are you sure there are no mites or lice? That is my first thought. If not that, I have no idea.

 

[RoyalChick]

This is what I do. I have an oil filled radiator that is on the storage side of the coop to keep it away from the bedding.
Early on in my chicken keeping journey, I read a Canadian standard of care that suggested that the coop be kept between 0C to -10C, so that's what I aim for and it has worked well.

That Canadian standard is very interesting and conforms (more-or-less) to @BY Bob's advice to bring in Dotty when the teperatures get below the teens in Fahrenheit.
This exchange caused me to look up the differene between oil filled radiators and infra-red radiators and I learned a lot.
In case anyone else is interested I found this quite helpful. The Sweeter Heater is a special form of infra-red heater designed to be hung from the ceiling of a chicken coop.
https://heatertips.com/infrared-vs-oil-heater-21-pros-and-cons/

 

[Marie2020]

Interesting. Are you going to try it?

I will see if I can find this dye. We have problems trying to get certain items around here the runny honey and lemon oil I can find

 

[Marie2020]

Are you sure there are no mites or lice? That is my first thought. If not that, I have no idea.

I am positive there's no mites I check every few days

 

[BY Bob]

We all wish to have long lived chickens. Here's a thread that talks about much older chickens including a 14 year old hen and her battles keeping going. It's not really long but it is interesting.

Thread 'Issues with advanced age chickens' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/issues-with-advanced-age-chickens.1379757/

 

[The-White-Elephant]

We all wish to have long lived chickens. Here's a thread that talks about much older chickens including a 14 year old hen and her battles keeping going. It's not really long but it is interesting.

Thread 'Issues with advanced age chickens' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/issues-with-advanced-age-chickens.1379757/

I had an old rooster, does that count?

 

[BY Bob]

This is what I got yesterday which is under $100.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000TGDGLU?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

I think it is pretty safe but I have it positioned so they can't get on top of it in case they burn themselves or topple it over but they can hang out in front of it and I have it near where the Roadrunners roosted last night so would definitely give them some heat.

I use one of these to heat my garage when I am going to work out there in the winter. They are excellent and very safe. This is a good choice to heat a larger space.

 

[BY Bob]

I had an old rooster, does that count?

A rooster is a chicken, so yes! How old? And pictures please.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

A rooster is a chicken, so yes! How old?

Ah, ok! I’m not sure of the very exact age, but I know for a fact that he was older than 12.

 

[BY Bob]

Ah, ok! I’m not sure of the very exact age, but I know for a fact that he was older than 12.

Any photos?