I would have sent it back personally since you got ripped off. And I would file a complaint against that company and do an online review. We have a sunroom on our coop in winter in Idaho to give the birds more room in the snow and rain. It's easy enough to do and you can use recycle materials...
She's looking better, eating and drinking and her comb color has improved. Keeping her inside tonight where it's nice and warm and cozy. Will dose her up again in the morning and see how she does
Yeah she's inside right now inside of a double laundry basket nice and clean and warm and dry. We'll see how she looks tomorrow but she's looking better already her color is better and she seems pretty alert and is eating and drinking
I already gave her some calcium in a liquid form. Called a couple local places and they don't have anything over the counter luckily I do have the tetracycline on hand. She was a very good layer last year. It's interesting timing since they just first started laying in the last week after taking...
I have tetroxy hca280 soluble powder. I'm trying to figure out how to do a small dose for my one sick chicken. I believe before I read for an adult chicken it is 1/4 tsp to 1 gallon of water? The directions are for large doses using portions of the pack. Any help with the math would be...
We'll try some calcium I did give her some electrolytes already. She's sleeping comfortably now which is good. The hard rubbery thing was attached to her feathers near her bottom. We've been keeping a very clean coop and chickens for almost 15 years and I've never seen this. Well keep her inside...
For the second day I found one of my hens in the coop looking distraught. Wings down hunker down not looking happy. She's about 2 years old and we have an urban flock of three birds. She's a Rhode Island red. Two of them have started laying recently, not laying during the winter.
They're on a...
Yes I would say not only too small but I don't see any roosting areas inside or perches? The dog run is a great area but you need a much bigger Coop especially if you're in an area where there will either be a lot of rain or snow or cold weather in the winter where they will be inside tomorrow...
I wouldn't paint the floor personally since chickens always pack on the floors. Some people use plywood, vinyl. we used recycled untreated 2x4s. I've never heard of anybody painting the inside walls particularly. You can put down food grade diomatacious earth and that helps with control of...
Just make sure you add lots of vents for ventilation to keep it cool in the summer. You'll want some screened windows or you can use hard ware cloth which we used. If you don't have enough ventilation with fresh air circulating your chickens will get sick and they will overheat in the summer. I...
We decided to do a sage green since our coop is out in the garden area and we wanted it to blend in. We do have some fun accents on it I have a nice purple sign that says fresh eggs come from Happy chickens. It's from a company that does outdoor signs that are related to Urban chickens and...
We decided to do a sage green since our coop is in our backyard near Garden space. We wanted it to kind of blend in with nature. When we get to the point of repainting again I would probably stay with the same color. We do have a fun bright egg sign on it that's from a company that makes fun...
Great ideas! We also created a winter sunroom and that helps create extra space for the chickens when it is snowy or rainy for a period of time. It works great and creates extra space in case we get quite a bit of snow more than our usual in Boise Idaho. Photos on my blog little Homestead in Boise
We use the deep litter method in Boise Idaho where it's very dry. We clean out the entire Coop 4 times per year. When the weather is warmer and we clean out the coop completely I also use diameter tacious Earth sprinkled in under the pine shavings. Keeps the bugs down. I clean off the upper...
If they're acting like that hungry I would always have some food out for them to eat as the day wears on unless you are free-ranging them everyday for an extended. Of time? They should look nice and plump through the breast area and look healthy otherwise.