There are maggots all over her rear and it smells terrible. I assume I have to put her down? It could be from Fox attack last week. We lost one but she was slightly injured on her back. Perhaps this was damage that festered or went unnoticed.
We moved from Fairfax County (suburban, sprawl-like) to semi-rural Fauquier County, VA a year and a half ago. I've been wanting to get backyard chickens for many years and finally can now that we have 1 acre and rights to own up to 10 laying hens. With that, we just purchased an order from...