Just wanted to get on board here and say hi.
I recently had a long held dream realized when a dear friend took it on himself to built me a coop in my urban backyard, and helped me bring five Ameraucana hens home to live in it. I am thrilled for myself, my kids, and our friends and neighbors...
I am a new chicken owner, and I think one of my Ameracauna's is not quite well. Her chest feathers are thinning (she's pulling them out?), her butt is losing feathers too and her poop spot seems to be sort of ....well, flexing...sorry.
This morning when I opened the coop I found a soft shelled...