Thank you all for responding. The run we have them in is 16x8 and we have 5 hens. Plus the hen house is 8x4 and it is raised off the the ground so they have that area under the hen house as well. I am feeding them Nutrena nature wise and it has 16% protein. The pecking is bad on one bird...
Good morning, we have five hens two are Buff Orpingtons, one Plymouth barred rock, and two araucanas. Four of the five are laying and they are six months old. I have one BO not laying but I expect soon she will. So my question is one of my BO is very sneaky about picking and eating the soft...
Thanks so much for having me I have a question bout posting to the forum. I am not sure how to do this. I would like to ask about feather picking/eating between hens but not sure where to post my question. Any advise with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
Hi everyone we new to raising chickens and we have 6 hopefully hens. Two of each buff orpingtons, barred plymonth rocks and aracaunas. They are 8 weeks old. We are excited about this and want to do what is best for them. I have a question about feed. I have looked into organic but seems...