Hey! I have recently added 8 new chicks to my flock. They are around 13 weeks now. We hade them separated to get to know each other and then released them together. The first rooster of the new flock was very aggressive to the other hens and rooster of the new flock. He has always had incredible...
The rooster is housed with the hens but the issue started before the rooster came. So I think I am heading toward mites or lice unless yall think it could be something else?
Every now and then one will behave aggressively but most time that is over treats. And they haven’t been checked for mites, however we did treat for mites when my rooster had leg mites. I don’t assume they are mites. Any other possibilities?
Hey everyone! My hens are a little over a year old and are losing butt feathers. It started quite awhile ago and I didn’t do anything to treat it because I figured they were molting except it hasn’t gotten better. I thought it was boredom so I added an entire new run and nothing happened. We...
Hey everyone! I am new to backyard chickens! I originally had 15 chickens, 5 buff Orpingtons, 5 barred Plymouth rocks, and 5 road Island reds. I adopted a rooster (unknown breed) who had serious feet issues and I used previous posts on BYC to help solve the problem. I took in 3 more Easter egger...