One of my chickens has been sick for several days. She goes into the coop early in the evening and sits there, leaning over a bit to the side. She gets up and goes out in the morning but hides all day away from the other 4 girls. She is drinking water but I don't know if she is eating or not...
We have 5 chickens. Got them in February. They are supposedly 3 yrs old or a little older.
They gave us 4 or 5 eggs every 2 days since Feb. This week they started giving 2 eggs every two days. Sometimes one a day, sometimes 2 one day and none the next.
It isn't winter, they aren't moulting...
2 of my girls have been picking at something on their skin, about 2/3 of the way down their backs. I thought they looked like ticks but my husband says they are new feather buds and they are black in the middle. They are black and white chickens. Is that how new feathers grow? Why do they pick...