We have an enclosed 10x20 run complete with roof plus hardware cloth, 2 - 6x10 same as the other, the whole thing os about 60x60 with a 6' fence with electric fence on top there are several large trees scattered about.
Its our first winter free-ranging... Lost 3 fullsize chickens in 10 days to a small hawk (about the same size as our d'eccle bantam rooster. We thought the chickens had turned on each other because 2 were new, making our free range group a total of 4: white sussex, black sex link and 2 rhode...
4 handsome boys looking for a new home - love to crow. Bought 9 bantams, ended up with 6 roosters! These pictures are a couple weeks old, they are 3 months old now.
One of our 3 year old Rhode Island /New Hampshire red hens went broody about 4 weeks ago, none of the eggs hatched (guess our rooster is a dud). The rest of her flock is chasing her and pulling out her feathers. Her underside is nasty, smelly and matted feathers. I have her free ranging in an...
I'm not sure on the slaughter question, I had one chicken pecked naked from the neck down after about 2 months she grew all her feathers back and 5 months later you would never know what happened to her. She is 3 years old and lays an egg almost every day.
I have 2 - 6 week welsummers and 5 - 5 week ameraucanas/eastr eggers. They are in a little tikes playhouse. One of the welsummers walks up to another chick and plucks her, now 5 out of 6 are missing feathers down tge center of their back and around their tails. They are very skittish, here's...
Free 1 year old male duck in need of new home - he decided to be lead "chicken" and strip a bunch of hens/rooster of their feathers. Located in middlesex, nc off 264 & nc 231.
Update - we moved her out of the garage into our heated green house after 3 days. She is eating really well, she loves cracked corn which we mix with her chicken feed as well as snacks. She has pin feathers coming in all over her back, wings and chest.
Our main concern is how to put her back...
Yes, she is molting. The other chickens plucked all the rest of her feathers except for a few on her wings. She is naked :( her comb still feels cool to the touch, i keep changing her towels every 10-15 mnutes to keep them warm. She looks around when i change her towels, the rest of the time...
One of my almost 3 yr old new hampshire reds was kickedout in the 7* cold by the others last night, she has no feathers from her neck down. She is still alive, i have her wrapped in a towel by tge fireplace. What can i do for her?
I have 4 - 13 month old barred rock hens in a 80 sq ft run and 72 sq ft coop. There were originally 6, 5 hens, 1 rooster. The rooster was mean and killed one of the hens 4 weeks ago plus badly injured 2 more. The rooster was taken care of 3 weeks ago. At that point, 1 hen was normal, one had...
Our rooster (barred rock) had 5 barred rock hens, he was always mean to us and somewhat rough with the hens. He killed a hen and injuried 3 more, you are wise to take care of the problem before something worse happens. Needless to say the rooster is gone.