One of my new Wellsummer layers was bullied by an over aggressive hen...I have no idea how, but one of her legs is hurt so badly it is unusable (in addition to a big chunk bitten out of her comb). The skin isn't broken and I don't think the leg is actually broken, perhaps it is dislocated...
Please don't laugh me off of the forum! We are backyard chicken farmers ... I have gone from 3 chickens to 11...and I LOVE my girls! (Just in case you wonder, 4 barred rocks, 3 easter eggers, 1 cherry egger, 2 wellsummers, 1 black australorp) Initially my husband took the space under our tree...
I have five girls...the three oldest should be laying any day now. The two newest girls are about 3 weeks younger. The coop is a fairly new addition, and the girls have been sleeping in it about a month...the two Orpington's (the two youngest) won't sleep on the roosting bar...they like the...
We are so excited! Melissa (New Hampshire Red), Oreo (Barred Rock[/IMG][/IMG]) and Ginger and Lucy (Americaunas) joined out family today. So much to learn and look forward to.