I bought three 6 month old CR's from someone local to me, and they gave me eggs for about a week or so. About two weeks later they started dropping feathers. Do any hens molt around 30 weeks old??
Last Thursday we brought our broody Black Jersey Giant hen, "Emu" into the garage with her six wooden eggs that she had been setting on. Around 8:30 pm we swapped out 4 eggs for 4 chicks. K stayed out there in the dark to makes sure they were accepting each other. We were a bit nervous, but...
We are new to chickens (chicks last April) and this is my first post.
I did some searching on this,but it was mostly inconclusive.
This is a Buff Orpington. She is 8 months old and seems to be happy.
Can someone tell me what this is? Does it need treatment?
This is the area below her ear...