I have been letting them free range again the past few days. They do have quite a large run though. When I went out this morning to check on things, there was a significant amount of feathers on the dropping board. I went to check on her and she was sitting on the grass sleeping. They never...
No, she doesn't appear to be broody, and I have watched the other hens come up and pull them out of her. Their food hasn't changed. Things have been busy around here with home renovations and a new puppy so we haven't been letting the girls out of the run to eat grass and bugs as much as...
Our birds are about 1 1/2 years old. This will be their first molt. Most of them have spots where a few feathers have been lost. But one girl has quite a spot on her chest that is bare and the other birds seem to be coming up to her and pulling out and eating her feathers. Just her. Why are...