No.. Hens and roosters roost separately. Roosters have a little area where chicken coop was built that for roosters. Hens are next door in coop. They DO NOT ever mix. Last night came and went and all are well. So... Guess it was just something isolated I guess. RIP Nailhead & Waddle Waddle.
Thank you all for the responses. Can't really decide exactly where I stand on this. These roosters were free range... And this attack took place right near both the coop for my hens, and the roosting place of the Roo's. If it was coons why didn't they get my hens too. They are ensconced in a...
Just had our first predator attack... Believe it was a dog. He killed two of my free range roosters. There was feathers everywhere as seen in the picture below
But there was no sign of blood.. The roosters are obviously dead but wasn't able to see any puncture wounds.
It's a sad day here in...
Look at these two yawl... Have 8 hens... Last week they all of a sudden just stopped laying. Well they've slowly but surely been trying to get back into the swing of things. Today I got 3..... And a half!!! Look at these pics...
No known predator events. I'm it's like Saturday they lay 6 eggs out of 8 of them and then nothing.
Free ranging.. Not so much. My Roo's are out and about and I don't want any fertilization.
i have 8 hens who've been laying like champs through massive storms, unstable tempatutes, and flood conditions. They all of a sudden just completely stopped 2 days ago. I mean not one egg. I believe they were without water for about a day. Would that cease laying? They aren't even "talking" like...
Rain cleared up today and when I went to the boxes there was an even 8 of 8!!! Whoo hoo!!!
Way to go girls!!
Unfortunate that the rain destroyed the coop though. Floor is slowly drying, but all my PDZ that I had on the poop board turned to muck.
I think the is gone for a while.
9 eggs in 2 days out of my 8 hens. Been going through torrential rain here in South Georgia for last 2 days. Poor girls... They're about to float out the coop....
It is weird that they do this. Funny thing for me is that my Roo's sleep in a separate area from the girls. There is absolutely zero contact between the two, well except for through the fence!!! So I'm just perplexed why they would do this.