We have 5 hens and 1 rooster, with our buff Orpington in the top of the pecking order. We got them at 4 weeks old and they are all 15 weeks now. All of a sudden our dominque (who I beleave was 3rd in the pecking order) today started chasing and pecking everyone. She never did this before. When I...
we have 5 hens and one rooster the all go in the coop at night by themselves but for some reason the rooster stays on the floor of the coop. Nothing seems wrong with him but I have noticed he doesn’t try to get to higher spots like the hens. Is this normal or is he maybe afraid of Heights...
we recently got new chickens and my aunt was under the impression they were both female. I am questioning the splash Cochin we got because the are major differences between that one and our partridge Cochin of the same age. He/ she is at either 8 or 9 weeks of age.
we recently got a couple new chickens and one of them was the one every other chicken picked on. All of the tail feathers are gone and the whole rear end looks sore. We are keeping it separated from the others via fence but I’m not sure if there is anything else we should do to help the healing...