Recent content by sydneymarie

Yes I think they’ve been molting, but I’m a first time chicken owner and they’re about a year old. I’ve noticed more feathers on the floor of the coop but nobody has lost a noticeable amount

I have noticed one of my RI Reds has been not acting herself lately, maybe for a little over a week. She stays in a nest box in the coop all day, and when I open the top to check on her she puffs up at me almost like she is broody (but she doesn’t ever sit on eggs). But instead of a clear...

She’s about a year old... in the two days she’s been in my tub she has not laid an egg. I did check to see if she was blocked up but couldn’t feel an egg. I’m going to assume she was not vaccinated since we got them all from tractor supply. I’ve dealt with an injured bullied hen before so I’m...

Yesterday morning I saw one of my hens was staying in the corner of the coop when I let everyone out. I figured maybe she decided to lay an egg on the floor of the coop so I wasn’t going to mess with her then and I gave her about a half hour to herself. I went back to check and sure enough she...

No he’s not still fighting, we took care of the rooster that he fought a few months ago. The smaller scabs I’m sure are probably from the hens.

Our rooster got into a fight with another rooster a couple months ago and has had these scabby marks on his comb, but it seemed like they got better over time. He now still has this on his comb and I have no idea what could be wrong. I assumed maybe it’s still from that fight months ago but it’s...