Chicken behavior not like that in the thread. It has been a few days since initial posting, and I noticed last evening, that her comb has started turning purple at the tips. I noticed tonight that it has gotten more pronounced and my other RIR's comb has started to turn purple as well. I...
I am pretty new to the chicken thing, but I have consulted my Chicken Health Handbook, and here are a few thoughts from what I saw:
-mites. . . It says that they can kill a sitting hen, because they will attack day and night. It says in a severe infestation, they will infest the roof of the...
I have a RIR that is about 6 months old. I noticed her wing drooping in the coop last night while they were perched. I thought she was just holding it out because it was hot, and when I touched it to see if she could move it, she pecked me! I just thought she was being her difficult self...