I am new to caring for chickens. I've been on the farm for two years but only recently became responsible for the chicken coop. Everything has gone well until recently, and when I was researching my problem I found this site.
I will have to learn a lot more about what kind of chickens we have...
For about 5 weeks rats have been eating our chickens, but only our rescue chickens.
We have been working to eradicate the rats and have not lost a chicken in 2 weeks.
Yesterday, a non rescue who has a bad leg had a puncture wound in the back of her neck.
Today the injury appears worse, and...