Please help. This was a part of a group of presexed females i bought ...this one and one other are a bit bigger than the 2 others and a bit more aggressive and they have bigger feet than my 2 smaller ones. They could just be older perhaps, im hoping that's the case. But their tails look very...
My husband left the yard gate open 2 days ago and 2 dogs came in and tore my 2 girls, Sugar and Coco (had Marshamellow separated in a different place) out of the coop through the egg flap. Sugar was killed. Coco was torn up all around the entire neck flesh-wise and has a minimum of 3 gashes...
Will they ever lay? Or are they too old? The one laying is a brown buff orpington, The other 2 are a leggin and a gray orpington.
I pamper them, and also allow them to free range during the day.
Feeding them organic layer pellets and they dont like it. Also meal worms and fruit and veggie scraps.
UPDATE: I returned home and all the girls were alive!! Very banged up but alive!
ORIGINAL: Been a chicken mother for about 2 months. Absolutely loved it up until this morning when I found a dog in my yard that killed/ate 2 of my 3 girls. :hit White & gray feathers everywhere. One was a white...