One of my Rhode Island Reds is acting weird. She went to the nesting box yesterday, but didn’t lay. This morning she was in there for 90 min without laying and finally came down when I put out fresh water. She won’t eat, not even when I sprinkled meal worms nearby. She’s drinking water at least...
I’m in the final stages of building my first chicken tractor (complete novice). How high should my feeder be?
I haven’t glued or secured the PVC yet, so I can move it up or down easily. The top is about 8 inches from the ground now.
Question 2: Should I tilt the horizontal tube more so the...
Newbie here - We’re in the process of building our first chick-mobile/chicken tractor. It has a run underneath and half of it has the coop portion on top.
We’re putting our door on the bottom of the coop portion that leads to the run. My question is how big should the door/hole be? I’ve read...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We don’t have chickens yet, but are almost finished building our chick-mobile/chicken tractor & hope to have hens by the end of July.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Aiming for 4-5
(3) What breeds do you have?
None...