I had three backyard hens that are well behaved.
I just recently brought in a new chick and she is close to maturity now. Almost / or is full size.
she’s a Brahma
she is being excluded and slightly picked on from my girls but they all sleep in the coop together.
so the last 30 days she has...
Are these seeds or parasite eggs?
my three chickens seem healthy. I saw some in her poop so I broke it open to investigate.
my three girls are Orpington‘s. I did have A hybrid drop dead five days ago. I’ve need extra observant of my other 3 now.
Thanks
* update.... must be seeds. When I walked...
I had one a year old drop dead today. I only had four. Free range on a fenced in acre. Plenty of feed, water, grit and calcium and water. Seemed perfectly healthy all week. Only changed behavior is she stopped laying for a week and stopped her submissive squat and letting me catch her easy. No clue
I came home to find my 1 year old hen dead.
She was a black star and has only been laying the last 3 months.
She seemed healthy and normal. I knew one of my hens stopped laying for a week or so and out of the two I have that lay that color she was the one that would no longer do her submissive...
Mine don’t bother my feet. Maybe if I have a little dirt on them I’ll get a little peck. I actually search this topic and found this. It was helpful. Mine are teenagers. I have 4 and fed them since babies. They are over excited about treats and it started off gentle and frantic but now it...