Thanks for the posts.
I don't know if the attacks happen at night or in the day. We bought this farm and are renovating the house but aren't able to live there yet. So that's the problem I have not knowing the details on things.
Obviously I have a gap somewhere. What I was wondering was...
We've lost about 5 chickens this summer. They were always inside the completely enclosed run. Heads were on, wings on, legs and feet in tact. The entire torso (the guts) was gone. Just a spine left. Lots of feathers everywhere. All had their necks plucked.
Went down this morning and found...
Wow...thank you all so much for your input!! It's crazy...I worked on chicken farms w/ 7000 laying hens and only saw the roos go after each other. Having my own little flock and seeing the aggression is really mind boggling. I had no idea that they would turn on each other. But I guess it's...
Lost a second chicken to a rooster today. I saw the first old girl getting ganged up on and couldn't get to her in time. At the time we had several roos and after we got rid of most of them things got quieter.
Today I went down to get eggs and there was carnage everywhere! Only thing left is...
Our 1st Roo is "Big Boy"
2nd one is Road Rage
The ladies that have names...
Bubbles (she has a lypoma on her neck that looks like a big bubble)
Grouchy Momma (the broody one)
Fancy (Seabrite)
Itty Bitty Pretty One
8 others awaiting their name.
SO GLAD to find this thread! Thanks jkoselke !!!
We bought a small farm that came with 22 chickens. Well after the winter the boys developed out into rowdy, fighting, flogging Roos. We have 6 roos. Came in today to find blood smeared all over the feeder and two roos had torn up combs. They are...
YEEHAW!! We finally bought the farm....literally! All the girls, (24 and 2 roos) have been free ranging because the past owner was too ill to repair the rotted coop and overly pooped run area.
And so it begins... We got a truck load of pallets at the feed store and scavenging what good wood we...