I have 18 hens. 12 are two years old and the other six are a year old. I sell ALL of my eggs and I am worried about the older girls production dropping later this year. I am trying to decide if I should get new pullets started and get rid of the old ones when the babies start laying. Any...
I posted the day before yesterday about my chickens having a loss of feathers. Their backs were picked on by the rooster (he is gone now). Now they are missing tail and butt feathers and their skin is raw. A friend of mine suggested I treat them for mites which I did but they are not getting...
Hi. This is my first posting to this forum. I have 14 chickens, different breeds about a little over a year old. About half of my girls have lost their back feathers (the rooster is now gone)and their backs are raw looking. I thought they would get better but now they have lost feathers on...