@Leahs Mom
I pretty much have the same setup as you do in my garage/barn. I tie-wrapped a couple of tarps over top and sides of the pens. Mostly over their roosting area and a little more, to hold their body heat in at night and also a warmer place for afternoon naps. Looking good
I have and used a pliers to push down and wiggle the casing off. There was a tiny bit of blood but I cleaned it off and disinfected it and off he went with the rest of the flock.
I was pretty proud of myself lol!
7 out of 13 of my hens look exactly like that and the neck, cheek and beards are thinned out. One hen has turned out to be a naked neck
No bugs or roosters and I feed a lot of protein.
No one hen is doing it, they all seem to be doing it to each other.
I've put blu-kote and nu stock and now a...
I'm looking into the links that you provided and it looks very promising as long as I devote the time and training necessary. Is there a particular one that you would recommend for a GSD with a lot of energy, there are a lot to choose from. She doesn't come when called if she's distracted and I...
She's recently dewormed so maybe not worms..I'll have to do more research. Oh, with all due respect, the last thing that I would give would be dish soap.