Hen had rejected 3 chicks, 7 days after the hatching began, everything was fine till this morning, went out and found one dead, one almost dead, and one with it's head scalped but perky (if you can believe that).
At first I thought maybe it had been a wood rat or a weasel, but our 4X14...
I kept this hen penned up for over 3 wks till she was healed up (rooster may have torn her up), but as soon as I let her out both roosters pick on her (especially the youngest), the older rooster protects all the others except her???
They free range on 4 acres, but she hides most of the time...
I've been working on figuring out how to keep my rooster out of the pot, cause he chases everyone & flogs em, especially the kids.
First, I watched a really good example of how to remove the outer casing of their spurs on You Tube. Caught him at night, wrapped him in a sheet, in case he tried...