cold chicken

One of my roosters got beat up pretty badly by the other two. They're now separated, but beat up roo has a completely bald head and part of his neck as well. He shivers during the day while the other chickens are fine. His weight is good so I'm assuming his lack of feathers is the issue. What do...

Hello, I just recently had one of my chickens die due to the cold and infection complications. I realized her comb was very dark and cold throughout the whole time i was tending her in my house. My other chickens don't have it as bad as she did, but I fear they might. Anybody might know what...

I live in North Texas where we don't usually get snow/ice and "cold weather" means we have to layer and wear a jacket. However, Mother Nature is acting a fool next week. Right now it's 26F and tomorrow night it's supposed to be 8F for the low. It'll go up and down over the next few days just...

Before I get into the symptomology of what going on, I need to get everyone up to speed with a few facts. Our ladies bedding is changed once a week. Twice a week, there is food grade DE sprinkled in the bedding. Every other feeding, they are given DE right in their feed. There are NO outward...

Out of our five hens, one of them is molting late. She’s still in the process of losing feathers and has minimal new growth. We’re experiencing a cold snap right now; it’s -1 degree Fahrenheit and won’t get above freezing until two days from now (with night time lows still below freezing). When...

Help! I'm not sure what happened but I came home to a yard full of feathers. My three girls free range in a sectioned off area of my back yard. I came home in daylight to feathers from two girls everywhere. Most the feathers were from one In particular. Feathers were also inside the coop on the...