I've been reading things on backyard chickens since I became a chicken owner 3 years ago. I inherited 5 older hens from the former tenant of the old farm house I now live in. I was told they weren't laying any longer but they would be turned out in the fields to be eaten by coyotes if I didn't...
I need advice on what to do about a momma hen who has started pecking and chasing away one of her 2 three week old chicks. Until today she has been great with her chicks. One is a brown and yellow female and the other is a black male. I keep finding the black chick either across the coop from...