Hi all, need some advice/opinions.
Later this year, we'll be moving out of Austin to a five acre property in the country. At our current home, our ladies have the run of the fenced in back yard - there's not much of a worry of dogs/coyotes getting them, just maybe hawks (and in five years...
One of my hens (2 years old or so) has one eye shut. She's out and about, but mostly just sits.
We picked her off the roost last night (that's the only way you're going to get close to her), and took a look at her eye. It's tight shut, lightly crusty. Wearing nitrile, gloves, I gently pulled...
I'm pretty sure she's a hen. She's 7 months old, hatched in January. However, she looks nothing like my other girls (dark EE, buff orp and wyandotte). She's got a larger comb, and her
tail sticks up. I just don't want her to end up being a him and crowing!
-red