I have 5 Golden Comet hens that free range on 5 acres (field, lawn, stream bank) most of the day. Last summer a 4' fence around our large vegetable garden deterred them. Not this spring! With reluctance and not wanting to replace the beautiful fencing DH installed last year, I decided to clip...
Letting the hens out to range today, we noticed one behaving differently.
*She is an 8 month old gold sex link and has been laying daily for 4 months.
*She is very lethargic and hunkering down, head and neck pulled in. Her comb is droopy. She is not moving around or "interested". No...
So... I read to put bag balm or vaseline on my pullets' crowns to protect from frostbite. So far so good on the frostbite, but their heads are just black with dirt stuck on the goop. I want them prettied up for showing off to holiday company. Any tips on cleaning/shampooing their heads?