I have a hen who seems to have been ostracized by my flock. I have 8 hens and one rooster. This started a couple of months ago. Prior to that they all got along fine. We noticed one morning that she had a small bleeding wound on her head, like he’d been too rough with her. But the next morning...
My latest batch of chicks is about 3 weeks old. I purchased 4 olive eggers, but they are developing plumage that looks like barred rocks.
I know olive eggers can be bred from several different breeds, so my question is can an olive egger have the physical features of a barred rock? Or was I...