Hi, DarthRooster. I'm down to a Black Australorp cockerel & Buff Orpington hen thanks to a hawk, suffocation (bottom of the pile hiding from said hawk), & neighbor dogs. It's been a rough winter them.
Three months ago I added two Delaware hens to my flock of 4 hens and one rooster. I was told they were a year old and just coming out of their molt. We noticed in transport their poop was watery and stinky (stinkier than our others combined). In addition, their tails were down. At the time I...