She was only a year old. It was very sudden... she gave me an egg yesterday during 90 degree heat but died today in her nesting box. I assume from heat but I have only kept chickens for a year
I had my first hen death experience today... it was over 95° here in San Jose California, and while I put out ice and frozen berries, my barred rock crawled into her nesting box and died. Feeling guilty but I don’t know what I could have done differently. My other hens seem hot but ok. Any tips...
Can anyone confirm the gender of my favorite little chicky? “She” is the only one in my flock not laying eggs yet... she’s also pretty vocal. All my girls are about 8 mo. old.
(photo 1 sort of shows her bald patch; photo 2 shows halfway point of removing the tape)
My young golden polish developed a bald spot on the back of her head. In reading through forums I chalk it up to being from getting pecked by the others. No blood but definitely missing feathers.
The...
To circle back, I ended up buying the 9’x9’ Omlet run extension kit. It took all day to assemble, but didn’t require too much construction knowledge (*think IKEA*). I was really happy with the results. Just left one of the panels off completely to connect it to the main coop. Will still need to...
Thanks for asking...I decided to go with the walk-in Omlet run! I will post pictures and let you all know if I think it was the right choice once it arrives and I try to assemble it ♀️ :) I chose the Omlet over the other suggestions to avoid having to modify/reinforce alternative structures...
I love the set up, it looks great! Maybe the Omlet run will work for us... we don’t really get winter here in CA; just rain. A tarp would solve that. Thanks