I'm having a similar problem in N Idaho with frigid temps. I bought 5 2 week old chicks in Nov. Prob hatched Nov. 1 ish. Kept them in neighbors basement where it was warm with a heat lamp until Saturday when I loved them to my place and put them in with other girls. I live in a rural area and...
Oh, okay. So just put the crate in the coop with the other chickens? I was afraid doing that would scare her to see them still trying to get at her, but that makes sense. She has been isolated from them since Saturday afternoon, so when I get home today, I will put the crate in the coop. I...
I don't believe they aremating with her. I have seen then (they are both young) mate with all of the hens. But both of these roosters are deliberately being mean. They have pulled every feather out of her head and bloodied her comb and they chase her unrelentlessly. There are three other...
I'm new here and new to having chickens....about 5 months. I have a large enclosed coop with a dirt floor. I have 18 hens and 2 roosters. I go collect my eggs each night after work. Last night one of my Plymouth barred rock hens (I have 4) was bleeding from her comb and "hiding" in one of the...
Short story long.....I live in a rural area in north Idaho. My neighbor, 300 yards +/- away, has chickens. I have 3 dogs: Nyla, a 12 year old blue heeler mix; Lady, a 5 year old female shelter dog we got when she was 1 - She's a yellow lab/red heeler mix?; and Rylee, our 10 month old red...