Recent content by Rupph40

Update! It was a protein deficiency after all! I realized my mistake the first day I separated Mean Chicken. When I switched the girls to layer feed I had gotten the style of feed that has pellets as well as cracked corn and other whole foods. Mean Chicken was eating the whole stuff and wouldn’t...

For sure! I have read about some hens acting like roos when there isn’t one in the flock - I’m leaning hard towards the protein issue though. I’m going to try moving her so she can’t see the others and supplementing her protein to see how that works out. When the week is up should I move her...

Hi black_cat, yes I’m sure she’s a lady, she’s laid two eggs in chicken jail😂

Hi everyone, I’ve been using this forum to get quick answers to some of my questions as I’ve started my first backyard flock. I haven’t seen this one addressed yet so I figured I’d join up and see if I can find some help. I have six Rhode Island Red hens, one of which has taken to plucking out...