Yeh we hung toys and a swing and even have a toddlers tiny house out there. 😂 didn’t see any parasites but who knows. We suspected that our cream legbar was the culprit. She’s pretty aggressive with our smallest. Bizarre things for sure. Would just like to be sure she wasn’t diseased so I know...
We have 6 other hens. 1 Jersey giant, 2 speckled Sussex, 2 Americaunas, 1 cream legbar. Coop is 4 ft by 6 ft with 4 roosts (though they typically roost together), run is 20ft by 12 ft. We have a “ jail” inside for the Jersey giant who goes broody about every 6 weeks. 😳 will post a picture...
Our 4 1/2 year old Rhode Island Red was found dead last evening. She was lying on the ground in the run. I examined her this morning and she actually has a large hole beneath her cloaca where it appears part of her intestine is coming out. Is this from disease or another chicken pecking at her...
HI all - from Chapel Hill, NC. I've never had chickens before, until we got our first batch of pullets during Covid - built our own chicken coop and run. We got 2 Americaunas, 1 Jersey Giant, 1 Rhode Island Red, and 2 Stars (1 gold, 1 black). One of our Americaunas is a bantam, and within...