Two of my hens are getting bald patches near their tails, and one has a really big bald patch. I know why they are getting them, and not because of parasites, because my roosters randomly jump on the hens and start pecking their feathers off. I don't want this to end up in the roosters killing...
Well, It might be a problem, and its always best to separate the roosters sometimes because I have 3 roosters and whenever they have the chance, they jump on the hens, ripping their feathers off.
yes to me it is absolutely normal. When I got my chicks, they were scared of me too, but as they grew up, they let me touch them, pick them up, and pet them.
I am so annoyed at that hawk! I have 8 chickens total, 3 roos, and 5 hens. But then a hawk started coming and now from today, two are coming, the new one is bigger than the last one, and now my poor chickens can't even free range anymore! also I have read reviews about how the motion sensing owl...