I have no idea if she was hurt but she acts normal other than unable to see on this side. Have you seen this before? Is there anything we can do or is she permanently blind? There is an EE I had to put in another coop and run due to being attacked. She was lethargic and not laying eggs and they...
These are very intelligent, curious, and adventurous chickens. My other chickens have no problem staying in the fenced areas. My Comets are impossible to keep within boundaries unless you keep them in a fully enclosed run. I find them on the roof and on the other side of the deer fence. I will...
I have 13 chicks that are 3 weeks old. I have been keeping them in the house in a brooder but have been introducing them to their coop and run, daily for the past week. We live in Louisiana where it gets hot. They are now not wanting to come inside in the evening but I am concerned that since I...
I found this Speckled King Snake under our banana tree not far from our coop. Once I learned that they eat venomous snakes I was going to keep it around since I found a Copperhead in a run a while back. I then also learned they are constrictors and can harm chickens and small pets. So my husband...
We had a heavy rain today and the dust bath is now a partial mud bath. When I checked on my girls, Speedy is muddy and wet. She doesn't want me to bother with her and she is walking around eating and so forth. I did have a tarp on the sides of the run for the freeze but not where the dust bath...
May 4th, we bought two Turkens and two Barred Rocks. On May 8th, we bought eight Easter Eggers. They are all hens not any roosters. In the brooder, all was well. We just placed them in the coop on June 30th. They have a large covered run as well. Yesterday we noticed a few Eggers which are the...