Thank you very much for your response. I live in Michigan. I feed my hens commercial layers crumble feed from rural king or TSC. They also eat various scraps, oatmeal, fruits, meal worm and sunflower seeds as treats. The run and coop are entirely in the shade, not sure if that effects...
i have a less then 1 year old barred rock roo. At some point in life his legs began to bow and his feet point inward. He usually does alright moving except he hobbled around quite a bit. Lately he has been moving much less and spending more time on the ground. I noticed blood on the roost...
Thank you, i was hoping that was not the case since I cant have roosters where i live. Going to have to find a new home for him. Its too bad because he is a really good looking healthy bird.
Hello folks, I am new to this forum as well. I purchased 6 suppose to be pullet barred rocks at TSC. They are about 4.5 weeks old. I believe one of these chickens may be showing characteristics of a cockerel. The bird is lighter with more distinctive barring and comb is starting to get pink...