I had to intervene when our hen (a new Mama to four other chicks) abandoned a troubled egg. She had moved to a new location nearer the feed & water, and we moved the egg to her, but she refused to take it. It was chirping and had broken through but couldn't do the whole thing so after much...
I have four hens and one rooster who keeps pulling the feathers out of the backs of three of the girls in his "excitement"... I've tried making saddles for the hens but all of them flapped it off within a day (and, it was a hassle putting them on to begin with)! Can I cut the roo's toenails? How...