- Apr 20, 2014
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I bought 6, 4 day old BO chickens in April,they will be 5 months old soon,i ended up with 2 possible 3 rooster and 3 hens,1 of the roosters started crowing at 2 months old and the 2nd rooster started crowing a few weeks ago,the 1st crower has already started mating 1 and only 1 of the girls,this 1 hen started this behavior last night I went to put them up and only 5 came,i found the hen under the floor of the addition we are making,then today I let them out this morning and could not find her then she appeared not sure where from this time,and here is where my concern is,i went out to give them something cold,we are in a lot of heat,and she was pacing the run wanting out,i was so worried about her being stressed so I stood in the run with them while they ate she calmed down went in the coop came out and started pacing again,so I let them out,she made a beline toward my plants total coverage and thick leaves,and layed down,i watched her for a bit,she just layed there,i went out and checked on her again and she was plucking and putting grass leaves on her back,is she ok what is going on,she is the only one doing this,and should I think about going down to only 1 rooster UPDATE......SHE LAID AN EGG...OH MY GOODNESS MY 1ST EGG AND IT SCARED THE FIRE OUT OF ME...WOOHOO
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