I have 45 chickens free ranging, one of the 45 has been acting awfully weird. This behavior has been going on for for a little while now, and I'm not sure if it's just because she may be at the lowest of the Pecking order. She walks around in circles, and allows people to walk right up to her...
He may be stressed though too, idk. Just recently like a week ago one of the members of the flock was killed by an animal. They were all very scared, and I felt horrible. Since then we built a better coop and lock them in at night. All the chickens seem to be okay though, but maybe he's still...
Okay, I will definitely try feeding him more protein. The food I'm currently feeding him has 16% protein. He's in with 4 other chickens in a fenced in 75 square foot area. Their coop is a good size too, but not sure the exact size of it. I will try feeding him more protein if that doesn't work...
Hello! My names Krystal and over the past about 2 years, I always found myself referring to this site for answers actually. It's funny I just finally joined today. But I also have a problem which I wasn't sure what to do about which I posted in the Emergencies/Injuries forum. Anyway, I love...
That is so sad to hear! :( I would absolutely be mad and upset. I just had one of my chickens eaten about a week ago because I did not have a proper coop to lock them up in at night. Just today we actually caught a bobcat trying to get them, scary :( But my dad has a golden retriever who always...
Hello! I'm actually new to this site and just joined today. Over the past two years, it's funny when I wanted an answer to something I always found one on this site, but never joined until now. The community on this site seems amazing. Anyway, I do have a problem. I have one Rhode Island Red, I...