She's still young but is very beautiful. I haven't seen one like her and wondering what her adult color with be. She has gray, red and white. My daughter named her Honey.
About three feet tall. That was my first check. But some just have the feathers pulled out while one is scalped. . I have the the worst off inside luckily I raise other birds and small animals so I have a lot of cages. But nothing I can see suggest getting hit, hitting the top, or predators...
Before this my goal was 1 male to 6 or 8 females. But this goes beyond pecking order or over active male. This is straight blood every where, on one I see her skull. I'm sure she's going to die/be culled. The others not nearly as bad. They all have feathers missing(about to go out and check...
I will pull her.
Do you know what could be cause it? Food or genetics? Or something else? Out of 10 I had to pull 3 now. And they were just born around the first week of April.
I don't think anything got in or even close cause they are in a hutch in my backyard. Which has a 6 ft...
They don't seem panicked, I actually got eggs this morning.
I haven't seen any female mean to the others. But there's one that has blood on her chest and I don't think has any feathers removed
I know this is a lot to read but I want to make sure I give all information.
Basically, males are way too aggressive and today i woke up with females with busted heads and no male.
So I was originally giving 10 hatchling. 5 of them, 2 weeks older than the other 5. They were kept next to each...