I have three hens, all of them about two years old. This afternoon, I opened the coop door to find one of my hens, a Barred Plymouth Rock, lying dead on the floor of the coop. There was no evidence that she had been attacked by a predator, she was just lying there, feet in the air, eyes glazed...
I put my chickens in their run on the grass yesterday and the day before. Now there's a huge brown patch where the run was. I think they ate all the grass! Will it grow back, and is it safe to put my chickens on the grass again?
I have three hens: two Barred Plymouth Rocks and one Rhode Island red. My Rhode Island red is SUCH AN AWESOME CHICKEN!!! :D She lays a large egg just about every day. She's also not skiddish like one of my Barred Plymouth Rocks. My Barred Plymouth rocks lay pretty well too, but my Rhode Island...