I have two golden sex links and one barred rock in a back yard enclosure. Every summer the sex links get plucked by the rock. And the rock appears to pull her own feathers out at the crop. The sex links were hand raised and are sweet. The rock was not handled as a chick. Why is the rock so...
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I have a broody hen so I bought 6 fertilized eggs and put them under her. I had plans to candle and fuss but then I broke my ankle so my husband and son have been feeding the flock for three weeks. Every so often I hobble out there with a bread bag on my cast and take the extra eggs...
I am new to owning backyard chickens. We live in Prescott AZ where the winters are as cold as -10 at night and the summers can reach 100. It is only early June and my coop is already reaching 95 degrees during the day. At this rate I will never get my chickens to lay eggs in there in the...