Not sure if they will need heat yet - it'll be our first winter with them. It gets pretty cold here. Our neighbor has a large coop and does not have a heater.
She had the spot on her back and bump on her leg when we got her. I was hoping it would go away but her back got worse. I think it's from the darn rooster. Now that we got rid of him, hopefully she can heal. Poor girl.
She had the spot on her back and bump on her leg when we got her from the farm. Hoped it would go away but got a bit worse. Hoping it goes away now that our rooster is gone. Poor Minnie.
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My husband and kids and I are very new to the world of chickens. We have an acre of land and built a cute coop and a large garden this spring. In the spring, We bought 6 chicks in the hopes to get 6 hens and ended up with 6 roosters - go figure! So we traded some and gave some away. We are...
We have a newer hen rescued for a 'farm'. Once we brought her home and cleaned her up we noticed her back had a bare spot and thought it was from being pecked. Her last home had too many chickens in the coop. We had 4 hens and 1 rooster. He was quite aggressive with the hens and mated with her...