This past Wednesday here in SW Michigan we had some periodic torrential rains. As the clouds started to approach my daughters, in a panic, went out to herd the chickens to their coop. In the apparent panic a chick got separated and they couldn't find it in the tall grass. Fast forward about...
Quick update. The rooster is fine. My wife put him in our bathtub to give him a break from the hens. Unfortunately she didn't close the bathroom door (which leads right into our bedroom). Long story, short, the rooster was well enough to get out of the bathtub, out of the bathroom and onto...
I kicked my rooster day before yesterday and he is limping. He can grip and move his leg, he just hops. He is tender up towards his thigh area. His legs still change color, when he gets aggravated. But, he isn't crowing and the hens are pecking at his comb to the point that it is bloody. He...