I have a Blue Cochin who was paired with another hen. We were away on vacation and had our neighbor taking care of our hens. When we returned late Friday night I went down to the coops and locked the girls in. In the morning I went down to let the girls out and found a hen dead in the pen. She...
I need some advise. We had a problem with our chickens a week ago and thought there was cannabalism going on. We seperated a Blue Cochin from the other hens because she was missing feathers around her rump. After a week, I tried to reintroduce her to the other hens and she was immediately...
We recently lost two chickens to what we believe is a predator but are not sure. Both chickens (one each day) were eviscerated but were not eaten. They both survived for a while but had to be put down because their intestines had prolapsed outside their bodies. This seemed to happen between 3...