Hi there a few of my girls are missing some random feathers from just their necks only and they are not molting...I’ve attached some pictures, what do you think the cause is?
They are 8 weeks old and are still on crumbles...I want to put them in with the bigger girls tonight but I’m hesitant because they’ll have access to the layer pellets. Should I wait longer to integrate them?
I’m specifically referring to when to integrate them into the existing flock, Theory states that if they are fully feathered and big enough to take care of themselves then that is when to integrate them at approximately 12 weeks. That is what I am referring to.
We found her by the automatic chicken door, my husband opened up her crop to check and see if she got into anything and we couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary. All the other chickens seem fine, they are our pets and for eggs only. She was 2 years old and the second chicken we’ve lost in...
Hello! I have been a chicken owner for the past 2 years. We originally had 11 hens: 2 White Leghorns, 2 Black Australorps, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Easter Egger, 2 Barred Rocks and 1 Rhode Island Red. Pearl, one of our Barred Rocks died on the 4th of July at 5 months old. We later got a Black...