Hello! I’ve been keeping my first flock, which I raised from chicks, for 2 years now. My flock was attacked and 4 of the 5 hens were killed. I am caring for the lone survivor and joined the forum to hopefully get suggestions on how to move forward. Thanks!
Thank you for the suggestion. She was my most dependent hen and is static most of the day, and looking depressed. I am afraid she might get sick if she remains alone for too long.
She is eating and drinking a little bit when I hold it up to her, even though she can physically eat off the ground and looks alert. When she does eat, it is with good appetite. I don’t think she is I’ll. She has always been the slow chicken (big and heavy) and the bottom chicken, and it almost...
A dog came into my property, broke into the chicken coop and killed 4 out of 5 of my hens ( 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Cream Leg Bars). Our Buff Brahma survived.
She was the bottom chicken in the pecking order and does not have an independent personality. She hasn’t left the coop yet after the attack 2...