No eggs for a couple days; I didn't think much about it because they just started laying again a week or 2 ago. We live in the Hudson Valley, 3 nor'easters in a few weeks, snow just melting.
But then I found these today, 4 to 15 feet from the coop, in their run.
The girls are all ok and...
The bird at 11:00 is Black Cheeks- she had been near the top of the pecking order for at least the past year; they will be all 2 years old in April. She appears happy, no signs of distress.
But in the last week or so she is loosing feathers; in the last few days it's apparent this is really...