This is a serious question. My chickens are moderately tolerant of human touch, they eat from my hand, will jump on my arm occasionally etc however trying to give them a "bath" or soak them is a disaster. One of them looks like her bum needs a little soaking, or at least it looks like it could...
My chicken was looking like she had some white gooey stuff stuck to her bottom feathers so I went to pick her up and she picked a sheet of paper (post it note size) out of my pocket and swallowed it before I could set her down and grab it. Ugh. Now I am panicked about impacted crop etc etc I...
I am a first time chick owner and getting things set up for my soon to arrive chicks. I have been setting up and to get the temp high enough I have to put the lamp pretty close to the "floor." I don't want the little guys burning themselves so the question is; can the heat lamp be too close? How...