She seems fine but a bit withdrawn. Does not appear underweight at all. Still eating and there appears to be some small feathers growing in. She is just 1 year old in April. No roosters here. Checked again for mites and lice but no sign of either.
Have a Rhode Island Red whose feathers on neck and head are missing. Maybe she was broody and another took it out on her. Any ideas for my 10 chicken flock to protect her? Coop is plenty big enough and inside a 10 x 22’ covered and enclosed run. Chicken is eating and drinking fine and...
New to BYC forum. Glad to have this resource. Started last year with 6 - three Brahmas and three Links. Learned the drawbacks of stock coops and a bit about predators and respiratory illness last year and lost 2 hens. Added 6 more this Spring. 2 Plymouth Rock Whites, 2 Rhode Island...