My update. All my local "chicken friends" think my chickens are living large! The left run is 7.5x9, coop is 8x9, and right run is 18.5x9. Seems to be PLENTY of room!! I looked up symptoms for lice - they all are behaving fine and have been for the duration. Egg laying is up. Only 1 with a...
They are all a year old. 19 birds. 1 rooster and 18 hens. Stand by. From all my more expert chicken owners, they think my set up is adequate. Will take pictures and upload when it's light again tomorrow.
I am writing on my own thread because I can't seem to figure out how to do this correctly. The purple you see in images is BluKote in an effort to deter pecking (if that's the case). Many are bare backed. Some are missing feathers on front chest now too, under wings... even my rooster has a...
Thanks for your reply! So, I will NOT rehome her alone. She IS the same breed as the a number of the others who bully her. She HAS been with the group the whole time. She DOES (I think anyway) show signs of molting too. I don't think she's sick - I watch her scratch around and even dust bathe...
In one of my coop areas I have 10 hens and a rooster. The hen in question is clearly one of the rooster's favorites, however, he is NOT protecting her in the least! She is bare backed (from him) and has missing feathers under one of her wings as well. Over the last couple weeks, I've noticed she...