In January I posted about some feather loss in a couple of my hens. It was thought that it was probably from over mating. I removed the rooster and things seemed to settle down but recently I’ve noticed that a couple of my other hens are showing sings of feather damage. Tail and wing feathers...
Hello. There is so much info online that it’s hard to sort out soon came to where I knew I’d get some helpful info. We have NH Reds, 7 hens and a rooster( he was unexpected!), lol. It’s are first time dealing with a rooster and all that entails. We’ve noticed on one hen in particular a possible...
I came home tonight to find all
6 of my girls, NH Reds, dead. All of their heads were bitten off, bodies left behind except for one that is gone completely. The only thing we are coming up with is that it was a marten. There weren’t any signs of digging under the fence, all of the eggs were...
New to the site so I’m not 100% sure this is the right place to post this. I have an approximately 2 year old NH Red hen that has something going on with her feet. (The chickens are housed at my boyfriends’ business, so he is the primary chicken keeper. I don’t see them everyday because of...
Hello all. New to the site and looking forward to all the information I'm sure this site will provide. We started with chickens a couple of years ago and aside from researching things online and talking with the folks at the local feed store, we have been learning as we go. I want my girls to...