Thank you for this incredible information, I'm still very new to all this. I've read and watched videos but I'm glad I could talk to someone who actually ownes chickens.
I had one previous rooster that I got at the same time as the others (all the same age). He was very aggressive and would...
I got them all at the same time. They just turned 18 weeks last Sunday the 15th. The rooster started roosting within the last month or so. None of the hens have started laying yet though (which is fine, they'll start when they're ready).
I have a big fenced backyard and their coop is the size of a medium shed (4 pallet floor 7 pallet walls. I have one rooster and three hens so they have a LOT of space. I've been running a box fan in their coop during the day to hopefully keep mosquitoes & flys out. I also clean the coop of any...
Thank you so much for the reply! I've been really watching it and nothing has spread anywhere else and none of the other chickens have anything wrong with them. I also checked this particular hens mouth and there was no sores or anything.