We got 3 chicks Monday. [6 days ago] The first few days, one was smaller then the other 2, and I thought she wasn't doing well. The last day or 2, I noticed she has grown a lot, caught up to the larger of the 2 healthier ones. While at the same time, one of the previously healthy ones began...
The smell I had noticed when we got the 3 hens & rooster. But I thought it was just some poo or something. But today, I noticed the one hen staying apart from the others, and she had some small fly like bugs sitting on her. She has kind of mangy feathers on her tail.
I also saw her...
Does the car ride and new home and all disturb them? Effect their egg laying?
We only moved them Sunday, so it's not been long, I'm just curious. One layed an egg, but it was broken, and apparently eaten.
The chickens are about a year old.
They were out all day with us, doing things around the yard. All full grown. Sometime around 7:30, my wife went to check on them. And they were missing. Long story short, I found 2 bodies, one only seemed to be missing some feathers, the other, not much damage I could see. But it's not like...