Recent content by Unkledon

I've got two small orchards and I've had chickens and other barnyard animals forever. Since we live in the country (near Santa Cruz, CA), we have coyotes, skunks, raccoons, etc. Over the years I've had to fence in the orchards to keep the deer out and the chickens in, but when I've had a good...

Thanks, Horse Feathers and Lydia. I will get up close to look for mites. Unkledon

I have several laying hens, about 1 1/2 years old of varying breeds--buff orpington, black austrolorp (sp?), etc, who have lost their feathers--seems permanently--above their tails. At first I thought it was the two roosters riding them too hard, so one rooster went in the pot, and the ratio is...