phate008
Chirping
I posted here a few months ago when I got my chickens. They have been healthy and I have been making additions to their living arrangement. Basically I bought a small wood coop on Amazon for them. After putting it together I felt it was too small of a space to keep them cooped up. So I bought a large 8x10 shed that I built to house the small wood coop. This shed had a window which is kept open, but I was told that the air circulation was not good for their respiratory health. I added a HEPA air purifier that I leave running. As it got warmer I decided to build an enclosure around one of the sets of doors. I finished an outdoor 8x8 area on a dirt patch and used galvanized steel cloth to fence in the entire outdoor area. They were let out into this area for the first time 3 days ago and they love it. I build 2 sets of perches and a ladder to take them to the higher perch.
I have been waiting for my girls to lay eggs they are all about 6-7 months. Today the big girl was making a whining kind of sound and following me around a lot. I searched around and I found this video on youtube.
She has been doing a similar sound and she has tried to follow me outside when I walk out. As I go down the rabbit hole of google I stumble on a ton of threads that freak me out a little bit ie. internal layers, lash eggs, swollen abdomens, etc. Another thing I noticed her doing is that sometime when I walk behind her she drops to a squat which was a little funny because I never saw her do it before.
Below is a picture of the coop where they go to sleep every night.
https://www.amazon.com/PawHut-Enclo...Y1g&hsa_cr_id=4949165130501&ref_=sb_s_sparkle
The coop has no lights inside. There is an area for them to roost and that box towards the side is the nesting box where I assumed I would find an egg one of these days. I do notice that there is some evidence of activity in the nesting box. It looks like they kick the pine shavings around, but no eggs. After watching that video I am thinking that she is not happy with her nesting situation. Today I decided to throw a little shredded straw in the boxes and carve out a nest type of shape. Does anyone have any advice on what I can do? Anything I should be worried about or things to check on them?
I have been waiting for my girls to lay eggs they are all about 6-7 months. Today the big girl was making a whining kind of sound and following me around a lot. I searched around and I found this video on youtube.
Below is a picture of the coop where they go to sleep every night.
https://www.amazon.com/PawHut-Enclo...Y1g&hsa_cr_id=4949165130501&ref_=sb_s_sparkle
The coop has no lights inside. There is an area for them to roost and that box towards the side is the nesting box where I assumed I would find an egg one of these days. I do notice that there is some evidence of activity in the nesting box. It looks like they kick the pine shavings around, but no eggs. After watching that video I am thinking that she is not happy with her nesting situation. Today I decided to throw a little shredded straw in the boxes and carve out a nest type of shape. Does anyone have any advice on what I can do? Anything I should be worried about or things to check on them?