Update: I have put him in a tractor near my other coop with an older hen my grandfather has retired. He seems to be doing better and is crowing again, eating, and looking after Big Red (the hen).
There are two other boys in the coop. They’ve always just left each other alone, but With the new dynamic, I don’t know how it will play out over the next few days/weeks
No, but the two of them never cared for any others In the coop except their two kids that Bertha hatched out last year, but even then, they merely tolerated them after the baby stage
Hey, guys. I don’t know for sure if this is the right thread to put this in, but I could really use some advice.
My oldest hen, Bertha, suddenly passed today. Sweet girl has been sitting on eggs all week and has been perfectly fine. The rest of the flock is fine. I think she was just ready to...