We just got this hen yesterday from a friend who needed to re-home her flock. Tonight we noticed this enormous mass between the hen's legs. Her vent appears normal and the mass is much lower. It is red and soft (fluid-filled?) and larger than a softball. Any ideas on what it could be and what we...
We added two new hens to our existing flock two days ago. The new girls are having a rough time. The older girls won't let the new ones near food or water and make them stay in the coop or up on a roost. How long will this last? I have separate food and water set out for them today but this is...
One of our "girls" has me thinking she may be a he. She has a redder face than the others, is taller with longer legs, and has been mounting our one laying hen (the others haven't begun to lay yet). Last night I decided to take a closer look at her feathers and think they seem pretty pointy in...