I didn't know chickens could get arthritis. He started having these troubles after a torrential rain. Their coop didn't get wet, but their chicken run was practically flooded for a few hours. Bad weather made his pains worse maybe? I will buy some aspirin tomorrow and see if it helps. Thank you...
My youngest rescue cockerel (hatched September 23) started sitting down constantly. I first noticed this yesterday while I was letting them roam the backyard. He would walk around for a few minutes (seemed as if he was struggling to walk too) and then just plop down and sit for a minute. In...
Thanks again for the advice everybody. I think I will keep all three and get no hens to see what happens. I hope they won't get more aggressive as they mature. I rescued and raised them myself and I really don't want to give them away. Especially since people in my area don't take good care of...
Thanks for the answers everyone! As depressing as the information was! What should I do about this situation? Get a lot of hens and build a bigger chicken run? If so, how many hens per rooster? Or not get any hens so they don't have anything to fight over? But then, would they be depressed? Can...
I have three chickens. The white one hatched on September 21, the other two on September 23. I know next to nothing about chickens, but from what I researched online, I guessed the red one to be a boy and the other two to be girls. But now that they're getting older, the red one and the white...