Hello,
These are my MIL's chickens, we live in the same house, but she does most of the care. I noticed a hen nesting alone in the coup with some dirty-looking feathers.
Upon closer inspection, she has a large circular wound on her side, below her wing, where I can see the flesh. It's hard to...
Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do.