I have a barred rock with what I think is a broken leg.
My wife wanted me to put her out of her misery a couple weeks ago when she was not moving at all and I insisted on making sure she was near the water and put food on the floor of the coop near her everyday. Now she hops on one 'foot' and...
I took 6 Amber Links from someone who had a lot of bantam chickens.
They were picking on the bantams.
I noticed today that one of the Amber Links were pecking another between her wings on her back.
After watching for a few minutes, I noticed that she didn't have any feathers there and she was...
I moved my chickens a couple months ago.
When they were in the old house, my 5 older hens were laying about 1 per day each.
After I moved them, one started to molt and another got broody. I am now down to 2 eggs per day.
I have a light out there. We change their shavings about once a month...