In the morning caught the rooster pecking the hen on the head so badly that she was bleeding i quickly removed her from there she was fully wet and tired from running getting beaten up. I've cleaned her wounds applied Polyfax Ointment. Feathers were a mess, huge patches of plucked out feathers...
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I have a gray Polish Hen who went broody this summer during a stretch of 90 degree heat. Being new to chickens, I let her sit the eggs. None hatched. She emerged from this experience quite bedraggled (first 3 photos below). Her wing and tail feathers are just the main...
Not sure which category to put this in. I have an Americauna who was very pretty until now. The rooster got on her back and her back was bare, so I put a hen saddle on her. I noticed her neck is completely bare. All the feathers on her neck are gone. I haven't seen any foul play (no pun...