Hey thank you 🙏, she seems just fine and her crop is normal. She runs away when I try to grab her, the rest of the flock (9 others) look ok and I just cleaned the coop not too long ago .. what would be some signs of lice/mites?
Hello, I tried to search through all the threads, but I couldn’t find anything. My chickens are about a year old and recently for about two weeks, There is one hen that just sits away from the flock (only a few feet away) .. she’s slightly balled up, her neck slightly tucked, so it blends in...
So I cleaned the coop, got the hay out and put it in an area I was planning on composting.. but the girls are there scratching and eating?
Idk should I put them away?
Guys!!
My ladies finally laid an egg, super tiny, but an egg after all !!! They’re 21 weeks.. the bad news is that I didn’t check on time and they pecked at it … today I’ve been checking numerous times but haven’t seen anything 😭
Hello! I’m getting anxious since were entering week 21. I would like to hear your experiences with a australorps. When did you get the first egg? I go every morning to check, but I’m pretty sure I will know when they have laid their egg. I remember well back when growing up we had chickens...
I really appreciate your response. I had chickens previously, but I used to live in Tijuana Mexico, where it doesn’t get colder than probably high 40s me and my husband built this coop following those same instructions regarding the ventilation you have brought me peace of mind! Bonus pic of the...
This is my first winter with my chicks , we live in northern Utah, it can get in the negative degrees but not double digits negative .. usually 20°-10°s … how should I winterize or is their own heat in the coop enough?