Before getting into the details of my little baby bock bocks, and considering that the speed and placement of feathering can indicate if a chick is male or female, I have a specific question-- do smaller hens maybe feather faster, while hens who end up larger take longer to fully feather? The...
I adopted two red hens from a neighbor who was moving, they were the only two he had, and they were maybe a year old. A few months later adopted two barred rocks each about 18 months to 2 years old, and they came from a larger flock (and were handled a lot less.)
One of the red hens passed, and...
After a year and half of having backyard chickens and no problems with predators, it happened the other night (we think a raccoon). My partner and I woke up to a horrible sound and immediately grabbed the flashlights and went towards it. Flash forward and all hens were alive but one sustained...