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Right now we have seven ladies in that run. We have a separate area for our other three because they’re still too little. I do have some things for them to play with/climb on in the run but I have everything along the sides to leave open space in the middle. Do you think it’s better to place...

I have three little hens that are about 9/10 weeks old. When I came out this morning one of them was limping and not putting much weight on her one leg. She’s eating and drinking normally. She’s even trying to run after the other two littles, they normally don’t stray far from one another, but...

This is a photo of the run space. When I can’t keep an eye on them the newbies are separated from the two older ladies. The eight ladies have a total run space of over 100 square feet plus free range space for part of the day. When I separate Big Red from the rest of the flock, everyone gets...

Hi everyone! I’m looking for some advice. I’ve had chickens for a little over four years but this is the first time I’m adding to my flock. We have two chickens that have been around for four years and we recently added six more and two ducks. We’ve been keeping the new flock separated within...

The sides are open and because we're on an incline the water runs through when it rains.

Hello everyone! I have an L shaped coop and run area for my chickens. Our whole area is on a slight incline so when it rains drainage isn't an issue but, the run gets super muddy especially with all the rain we've been getting. A large part of my run is covered to give the girls a shady spot all...

They are still under a heat lamp I’ve been slowly reducing temperatures but I’m worried it’s still a bit too chilly at night. The chicken that I think is the culprit of the strange object has been ruffled up for the past few days. I’m thinking of separating her for a bit to better monitor her...

I checked their crops and I think there might be one that wasn’t completely empty but it’s hard to tell I’ve never done this before. Is there anything I can give her to help her? I also added a picture of what I found in the water dish last night.

I have six ISA Browns and two olive eggers that are just about six weeks old. Tonight when I changed their water I noticed a small ball of what looked like wet food. It was about the size of a peach pit, maybe smaller and smelled pretty bad. It reminded me of what hawks regurgitate after...