This is my first year with chickens. However with the brutal cold they have been locked in there run and coop for about a month now. I just noticed almost all of my hens have bald bottoms/bellies. No vent issues. What can cause this? What am I doing wrong?? Please help
He is about 4 months old. And Roo was about 6months old. He isn't being attacked. But if they peck at him he runs away and hides. I'm truly hoping he steps up now. My chickens usually free range during the day. But now I don't even want to let them out of their coop
Next question is my little rooster that I also have is a about two months behind and the hens always beat him up. Will he step up and protect them now that he is the only one?
Well judging by the feathers near the coop I believe something got him. He just started out of no where attacking. Something got three of our ducks a month ago. When he started acting like this. And a week ago they were all out of their coop running the yard when they always go in before it hits...
So my once problem Roo has now almost vanished. He attacked my little brother yesterday even with a cracked beak, gave up. Then later on my husband went to lock them in like he does every night. Roo had disappeared. Extremely worried. He went searching for hours in the woods, etc no sign of him...
I didn't baby him. I handled all the chickens from chicks. All the same. All of them come running to me. He's not afraid of them. He's done with him now. Doesn't even want to try to hold him to show him. Hes upset that the Roo did this. But knows what these chickens mean to me. You know.
He is a Silkie Batam. He now has a chipped beak due to he went after my husbands steel toe boots. I'm at a loss. He is my first rooster. And I'm afraid but my heart is torn. He has never come after me. So basically rehome him. Or? I have read on retraining. But my husband doesn't want to pick...
So my Roo is a silkie. I haven't had problems with me before, however he went after my niece one day. They were out roaming yard and she went past where we could see her. She wasn't hurt. We learned. No more little kids out of site. Well for some reason he goes after my husband. I witnessed it...
It wouldn't let me upload the video. But I swear "Duck" is a he... my only duck now has green coming into his head and back. There's two little spikes of feathers on his rear??
Okay so my ducks were attacked. We are now down to three. The third one is currently on the mend. I'm not sure still if Duck is a he/she. I say he, but I keep forgetting to ask when Duck has the follow up.... I don't see the curly tail feathers but the Bill is so much lighter. The Quack is...