No he's never attacked her or anyone else before. He is actually one of my friendliest chickens and has never had any issues. She and the other Red have always been top of the flock which is why it was weird he attacks her.
I got all my chickens at the same time in May 2021, 2 were two months older than the other two hens and rooster but they all came from the same farm. They have always lived together and my older two, Rock Island Reds, always ran the flock. My rooster is now obviously bigger than everyone else...
I am located in central Florida. They eat an 18% layer pellet and rarely get scratch. They free range for multiple hours every day in the evening and most of the day on the weekends as we have horses and donkeys to help with predators so I do not give them much scratch.
Yes, sorry. The Reds were three months when I got them, so 6 months now, and they have started laying. The Barred Rock, now 5 months, have not yet. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong to have one lay 2 eggs in 10 days and the other hen laying 3 eggs in 10 days.
I recently started my chicken adventure, the end of May, when I bought 2 Rhode Island Reds (3 months old) and 2 Barred Rock (2 months old). My Red just started laying eggs 8/20; however between the two they have only produced 5 eggs in 10 days. Is this normal? Due to 2 eggs being the same oblong...