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Help! I woke up this morning to find one of my silkies has a large bald patch on the top of her head. None of my other chickens are missing any feathers and I have never seen any aggression amongst them. There is no blood or skin damage. What could be causing this? I changed their food to Dumor...

I have enclosed the entire run space of my coop on hardware cloth to protect against predators. We live in a heavily wooded area with a 200 acre game preserve across the street, so we will encounter every possible predator. My only worry is whether or not the hardware cloth will cause issues to...

I'm new here! My husband and I are new to raising chickens and just started raising our new babies. We have 3 Golden Laced Wyandottes and 2 Silkies. I've been doing a ton of research and learned a lot from ya'll, but obviously as newbies we still have a ton of questions! I can't wait to learn...

My husband and I just finished building our coop for our 5 hens. Inside we have 3 nesting boxes and then a 30"x40" interior space where we installed roosting posts. The entire floor where the roosts are is a sliding drop board floor, but I am unsure as to whether or not I need to lay pine...