I have an EE whose tail feathers face downward. She started laying two weeks ago and up until the last two eggs they were clean. now they are dirty. I checked her today and notice poop stuck on her butt. Should I trim off the tail feathers? as I think they're getting in the way? or what...
We got our chicks at the end of March and have been patiently (okay, okay, so really impatiently) waiting for our first egg. I read the forums and study, read books on chickens as we've never done this before. That's where i was reading that when a chicken begins to "squat" in front of you...