For the past year or so, I've had a chicken suddenly die every 1 to 3 months. Most of them have been about 6 to 9 months old at the time of their death although some have been closer to 3 to 6 months. I fed medicated chick feed to the last group of chicks for the first 4 months. It seems to have...
Please bear with me as I give background. 8 weeks ago, my broody hen hatched 3 chicks. I kept them separated in their own 3 x 9 foot run. Everything seemed fine until 1week ago. The mother hen began to peck one of the chicks. This chick was slightly smaller than the other 2. I removed the...
All my hens but onehave bald patches at the base of their tails. The skin is very leathery and dry but unbroken. No one is laying either. Could one hen be picking on all the others?