- Mar 12, 2012
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Hello and thank you for reading,
I am new to chicken keeping and have recently got myself two isa browns just before lay (this was 3 weeks ago).
The two chickens were the same age, from the same flock and are slightly different in personality to each other.
Everything seems to be going well with them except a few small problems that I want to sort out before they get any worse down the track.
Every now and then when I let the chickens out of the cage and into the backyard they will sort of charge at each other, raise their heads up and put them close to each others.. Just like they are going to fight or something. But it doesn’t last anymore than a few seconds and I have never seen them do anything more than that.
What does this mean?
And how can I stop it?
And.
While 90% of my chickens faeces is normal, about 10% is really runny and bright yellow just like a yolk.. Is this normal?
A few points about the chicken’s environment:
- They have a huge coop 3m x 3m x 2m with a roost and table for them to lay on with a basket and small enclosed area. There is also a tree inside the chicken coop and plenty of room for them to run around.
- They get fed 1 cup of pellets each daily and scraps from around the house.. Along with the vast selection of bugs our garden has to offer them.
- I let them roam our garden daily and they seem fine with that.
- We have small dogs but they don’t seem to bother the chickens much.
- I try to pet them and such but they still don’t like being picked up, have no hesitation coming for food tho.
And that’s about it.
I would really appreciate some help here.
Thanks in advance!
I am new to chicken keeping and have recently got myself two isa browns just before lay (this was 3 weeks ago).
The two chickens were the same age, from the same flock and are slightly different in personality to each other.
Everything seems to be going well with them except a few small problems that I want to sort out before they get any worse down the track.
Every now and then when I let the chickens out of the cage and into the backyard they will sort of charge at each other, raise their heads up and put them close to each others.. Just like they are going to fight or something. But it doesn’t last anymore than a few seconds and I have never seen them do anything more than that.
What does this mean?
And how can I stop it?
And.
While 90% of my chickens faeces is normal, about 10% is really runny and bright yellow just like a yolk.. Is this normal?
A few points about the chicken’s environment:
- They have a huge coop 3m x 3m x 2m with a roost and table for them to lay on with a basket and small enclosed area. There is also a tree inside the chicken coop and plenty of room for them to run around.
- They get fed 1 cup of pellets each daily and scraps from around the house.. Along with the vast selection of bugs our garden has to offer them.
- I let them roam our garden daily and they seem fine with that.
- We have small dogs but they don’t seem to bother the chickens much.
- I try to pet them and such but they still don’t like being picked up, have no hesitation coming for food tho.
And that’s about it.
I would really appreciate some help here.
Thanks in advance!