When I had chickens(which I dont anymore)
My fave girl was a silkie named Belle.(Now passed) She was blind in one eye, and she enjoyed being held. Belle always weighed less than the other chickens so what I did was made two plates filled with applesauce and oatmeal, put one plate outside, took...
My hens are getting plucked by my rooster! Not just by their necks, but by the tail, and the sides. They're feathers look like a ruffled birds nest than just plain strait.
Whith out seperating my rooster from my hens, what else could I do to stop the plucking?
Acually, I used to have a chicken who sometimes would lay like that. Even though she barley did it. I asked my mom why the egg was so little, and she said it was a little egg chickens sometimes lay and there will problably be no yolk in it. Its might be one of those eggs.
They do that because...
My silkie died too. Her name is bell and I still have her as my avatar,(the picture on the left.) She was blind in one eye, she would alwase let me hold her. And she was a wonderful mother once.
When she died of an old age I felt terrible.But I had the memories of her spoiled life and was alwase...