I feed 16% layer feed. They also have a large run to forage in. Our coop is about 6’ x 4’. We did have a smaller run over winter. Possibly this started then. It was so cold and snowy they were in there most of the time. We had nine hens and him all winter. Lost a hen free ranging a few months...
i have only had chickens for a year. We have eight hens and one rooster. Our rooster is a barred rock. I just noticed this evening after throwing them scraps that his butt under his tail is featherless and red. He seems fine otherwise. I have had to get saddles for all but one hen because he is...