We had a flock of five hens (just turned 2 years old) and a rooster (a little over 1 year old), and got three hens who were rescues from an egg-laying operation (a little over 1 year old). The rescue hens are healthy, but skittish. One is missing (but growing back) feathers on about two-thirds...
We have a 1.5 year old copper maran with a small growth that almost looks like a zit just below her beak. None of our other 4 chickens (same age, different breeds) have this. She eats organic layer feed and free ranges 0.5-2 hours per day. When we first saw it about a month ago, we put a...