We let them free range, but not really often at all. When we let them free range we stay there and watch them because there are lots of hawks, vultures, and one bald eagle in the area, the hawks nest is actually in the backyard next to ours.
We also thought it might be boredom so we started...
We have 8 chickens (forgot the size but i'll see what it is in a bit) We feed them really high protien feed, we don't let them sleep in nesting boxes and they never had.
We have a perch for the chickens but they sleep on a ceiling rafter higher up for some reason,...
One of my chickens is missing all of her feathers (fluff, I guess not really feathers) on her butt...
The chickens peck each other a lot, we've been trying to stop it, but I'm not sure if they are pecking her there...
what is happening?