Recent content by fridao

Hi! I’m a fairly new chicken owner. Still figuring out things and learning more constantly. I do have one chicken that is showing some broody behavior (i have no roosters because they are illegal where i live) She’s been laying in her egg laying box for 2 days now and she isn’t laying on any...

Ok so basically, i live in NE texas and friday is our first day with freezing temps. And then on Monday/tuesday it will get down to 10 °f. Is there anything you guys recommend for me to do to keep the chickens water not frozen? There’s no outlets near my coop so i’m trying to find other...

Thankyou!! And yes there are several windows on the opposite side. Appreciate the tips!!

I am in the Northern part of texas. Here’s a few pictures of my coop. The run is about 12 ft long and 5 feet wide. I have already insulated the inside part but the run is what i’m trying to figure out at the moment. What’s the best bedding for the run?

Yes we do get quite a lot of wind so i will look into buying some of those supplies to block the currents. Thankyou so much once again!!

Thankyou so much for the advice, i’m from texas so the weather is VERY hot in the summer and pretty cold in the winter:) Added it to my profile👍🏻

So this is my first winter of having chickens and i have a few questions. I currently have sand for their run and then pine shavings and hay for the inside of their coop. For the winter, what is the best bedding for the run because the sand gets a bit cold with the colder weather coming. And...

Thankyou so much!

In total i have just 5 chickens at the moment. 2 of those chickens though have these blister looking bumps on them. Picture will be posted below. It looks kind of like Fowl pox but i would like to get your opinions. What could this be??