Its OK every one has a difference in opinion. I don't think sdm meant in a funny way. I have heard or chickens getting weird and attacking more after they have drawn blood. I am not really sure if he was mating so roughly this happened or if my roo flat out tried to kill my hen. Either way...
They do but only meat birds that are in a chicken tractor in a field on the other side of their house and a few egg hens. I have never heard their chickens. I can't even see their house from my house so they aren't close at all.
I have 12 hens and him. They are all around the same age around a year and a half old. I got the girls as day old chicks last February . I got him a few weeks after them but that was well over a year ago. They have all been together almost their entire lives. Seems like since this spring...
My rooster has severely hurt my hen. He has been crowing non stop lately and has been wearing the feathers off all my girls. Half are losing their feathers on their backs and their heads have a little bald patch from him grabbing them. He has been crowing non stop to the point where my...
She is the friendliest it's my husbands favorite chicken that keeps doing this. It was just funny. But I really don't want her to make a habit of it cuz she broke her egg today by dropping it on the pavement.
This is the 2nd times my hen has followed me around then laid a random egg next to me. She was one of my first layers and has used the nest boxes before. I'm not sure why she wants to lay eggs next to me. Any one ever have this happen? I was stacking extra lumber in my drive way and a foot...
So sorry for your lost Chickie. I lost two last week because of a stray dog. One with a puff of feathers the other is just gone. 4 were missing at first and two came back within a few hours. Hopefully yours is just hiding some where. My girls also free range I knew it would happen some time...
I tried this waterer it leaks on the bedding one drop at a time. My chickens will use it but they don't like it. They would never touch it when I have their other waterer available.
This one doesn't leak if its only filled half way and it annoys me because they are out of water when I get...