Hi! My 5 1/2 month old Red hen is starting to accumulate some injuries on her comb from Marmalade the rooster's beak. My wife saw the rooster gripping the hen's comb in his beak while mating with her recently.
What can I do to deter this? The other two amaericauna hens don't seem to be...
I certainly hope that Lady was able to help her chickens.
I love and respect my chickens very much and lately decided to take preventative measures against a potential gape infection.
I want to preface this by saying that our family lives in Central Texas where we are presently experiencing...