Yesterday I found a dead hen in my run. I have just under fory hens with two roosters and they all seemed healthy until yesterday.
Some of the hens are losing feathers, I figured they were just molting, but I thought this would happen during the winter. Could this be a warning sign?
I am...
A couple weeks ago our temps reached 35 below and a my two roosters suffered a bit of frostbite. Just a smidgen of their waddles and the very tip of their combs turned black. They don't seem to mind, except for prevention, is there anything I should do. Thank you in advance.
I have 6 week old Cornsish X meat birds and am currently feeding them a 22% meat bird feed. I thought I read somewhere that their feed should be switched to a lower % at a certain point. The guys at my local feed stores are barely clerks and are no help at all. Any experts out there know the...