AHHHH!!
I went out this morning to refill their feed, and during the night they must have run low. It was horrible! They ate each other!! I found my lavender orpington with a big hole in her head, my buff polish was equally pecked to death and my wheaten armerucana was just plain GONE.
I feel absolutely terrible. I'm not sure if this happened because they ran out of food during the night or not, I usually check their food every other day. I'm going to start checking every single day now.
I'm also not sure if maybe they wanted more protein? They are eating chick crumble for a mixed flock (I have ducklings as well in a different pen) A few days ago they found a feather on the ground and were chasing each other for it. I did have two chicks which were probably roosters that were a bit aggressive to each other. But the buff polish and the little amerucana were super mellow and tame.
I feel so bad.
Had this happened to anyone else???
I went out this morning to refill their feed, and during the night they must have run low. It was horrible! They ate each other!! I found my lavender orpington with a big hole in her head, my buff polish was equally pecked to death and my wheaten armerucana was just plain GONE.
I feel absolutely terrible. I'm not sure if this happened because they ran out of food during the night or not, I usually check their food every other day. I'm going to start checking every single day now.
I'm also not sure if maybe they wanted more protein? They are eating chick crumble for a mixed flock (I have ducklings as well in a different pen) A few days ago they found a feather on the ground and were chasing each other for it. I did have two chicks which were probably roosters that were a bit aggressive to each other. But the buff polish and the little amerucana were super mellow and tame.
I feel so bad.
Had this happened to anyone else???