Hi! Thank yall for all the help that’s been provided so far! We’ve had a recent problem (maybe?) come up that we don’t know what to do, if something can be done.
A little backstory:
We are first time chicken owners, just passed the year mark. We started with 6 chicks- all supposed to be Rhode...
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve needed help, thank yall so much for all the advice! However, we’re experiencing our first broody hen.
Poppy, no idea what breed she is (she was supposed to be a Rhode Island Red but is most definitely not), has been broody for a couple weeks now. We...
This morning, when letting out our 5 RIR hens, I noticed that almost all of them have kind of messed up/distorted tail feathers? We’re new to raising chickens and don’t want it to be something too serious. We just added some higher protein food to their diet because we were having behavior...
This is Day 2 of us monitoring our chickens for attacking each other, specifically one hen. For some context: We are first time chicken owners. We have 5 RIR hens who are about 10 months old. They had a RIR rooster that grew up with them, but we had to get rid of him about 2 months ago because...
Our chickens, not even a year old, have started attacking each other. They have plenty of space in the coop, run, and they have free-range time. It started a couple days ago when one of our chicken’s comb looked like it got injured. We saw 3/4 go after her, thought it was a bully situation, so...