When I went outside this morning to let the ladies out I noticed that one of my hens (11 months old) is missing feathers in lots of patches around her body, (but they have started growing back and are encased in the waxy tubes still). She also appears a bit thinner than normal and her comb was...
I have a similar situation and need some advice. We have 3 rhode island reds whom we got as chicks, born in February, started laying in July. A couple months ago, we decided that 3 wasn't enough for us, so we got 5 english sussex pullets (they were about 3 months old at the time, so now almost...