broodies pluck their feathers out to make a nest. all my broodies have bare bellies aswell . i would say if she doesn't get up when you get the eggs i would break her broodiness. it can lead to health problems her sitting all day for nothing. but it doesn't happen that fast so its fine if you...
the lavender orpington i think is a roo. that could be normal comb development but normally hens get their combs more developed later. and other one looks like a hen i have ( shes a blue andelusion) but fluffier. it could be a blue ameraucana though. im not sure on that one
our coop is never open unless we're freeranging them. and we're always sitting right next to the coop. i highly doubt anything could get in there because its made out of metal and has no holes..
we have a flock all of them are a little over two months old and we let them out everyday. sometimes they go into our old chickens coop while they're free ranging. we found an egg on the ground in the corner about the size of a quail egg we think one of our pullets layed it she is a cross of an...
me and my family went to pratts the other day. we came home with two bantams from the bantam bin. i'm pretty sure i know the first one is a dutch bantam and the second one i think is either a black serama or a black mottled japanese bantam. ott