I am having the same problem with my little flock my RI Reds are loosing their butt feathers. Butt no one seems to have an explanation for it or a cure. If you find something out please let me know.
My chickens are getting bald butt. They are starting on their back near their tail spreads to their but and them up their sides. It is not affecting their laying but winter is on us and it has to be cold.
My chickens will not go into their chickent house to roost, they bunch up in one corner of there outside pen. It is getting colder and soon winter will be upon us. I do not think they will survive outdoors. They were peeps in March and lay their eggs in the house and go in to eat but will not...
Thanks to you all. I had thought maybe they would get larger as they got older. I just got this flock in the spring and it had been a few years since I had raised chichens. Retired in Kansas with one old horse, one old wife and some new chickens.
How long before my eggs get to regular size. I have 8 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Coo Coo's and 2 Americaunas. They all started laying about a month ago but their eggs are just barely bigger than Bantam eggs.
I just recently got back into raising a backyard flock after not having one for quite a few years and I bought a dozen peeps and now they have just started laying eggs. I have 8 Rhode Island Reds, 2 CooCoo Marans and 2 Americuna's. My question is why are they laying such small egges? Do they...