I adopted my chicks July 24, they were a couple weeks old, I didn't think to ask. I raised them in the house, in a lrge dog kennel for about 4 weeks. I moved them to an enclosed area with a dirt floor, bugs and other stuff to eat besides their chick food. Last week, I added a temporary fenced...
My rooster is humping the back of the hens - is this abuse. His favorite (and she likes him) has a big red bald patch on her back, has had it for months. The rooster waits outside the coop every morning jumping each hen when it exits. Tonight I saw him mounting the back of another hen humping...
