What is wrong with our sweet girl. She was healthy and full of feathers two - three weeks ago, now she has lost almost all her feathers. She was broody for sometime but has not been sitting for at least 5-7 days. She has 5 hens with her in the coop and 2 of them seem to be aggressive towards her...
We have 6 hens with no rooster, one hen is broody for about 4 days now. She will not leave the nest even when we open the coop up for free range. Will this have any effect on the others laying routine? We have not had 6 eggs since she started. What should we do, if anything?
We have our 6 hens for about a year and they have consistently been laying 5 -6 eggs daily. Yesterday we had these five eggs with one being a tiny egg with no yolk. Today they are back to 6 normal eggs. What causes a tiny egg?
We are new to backyard chickens, we have 6 chicks, 3 - Red Comet and 3 - ISA Brown. They are 4 weeks old and soooo cute! I would love any advice or suggestions. They are still in the garage, what is a good age to put them out in a backyard coop? Our ave. temps here in NC right now range from...