Recent content by Jules333

Poor girl. I feel so bad for her. I'll try those suggestions. Thank you so much for your reply!

Thank you. That seems like the most likely cause to me too. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Hi everyone. New chicken mama here seeking insight. I have a 9 mo hen who I noticed yesterday has missing feathers on her neck. Her skin doesn't appear injured or raw just naked. I have 6 other birds besides her and everyone else seems fine, no feather loss. I'm also having some issues with her...

T Tank you for your reply Nanak. Everyone seems to be saying the same thing and it does feel like the right thing to do. The boys are out in the tractor now. I can see them from my window pecking away at the grass. It looks like the girls have finally come down off the roosts to get some food...

Thanks for the reply ChikininThePines. We were hoping everyone would get along together but our alpha cockeral matured so early and can only think of one thing. I'm afraid he's now taught the other boy some bad manners. We're attached to both but the hens must come first. I think we'll separate...

Thank you Mrs. K. That makes a lot of sense that the cockerals need mentors. We thought we were getting one rooster but ended up with two. One is the alpha but this morning after putting him out to free range, the beta got after one of the girls so I put him out as well. We still need to decide...

Thanks chickens105. I put both roosters out to free range early this morning. I'm still not sure if I'll keep them (they are both so sweet with people-for now). We're quite attached to them but want what's best for the girls for sure.

I am a new chicken momma. I have 8 pullets and 2 cockerals that are 5 months old all raised together. One cockeral has been trying to mate with the girls, pulling their heads and tearing out a few feathers They seem afraid to come out of the coop in the morning and stay up high roosting most of...