New member Rose and Randy

RoseandRan

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We are new to chicken ownership. We stared out not understanding what was meant by straight run …. We got 3 roosters and 2 hens. We can only gage hens where we live.
We finally were successful. We only want eggs. We will not eat the birds.

We need help. It is cold here , tonight is below zero. Our hen we think are molting . They have bare back ends in the cent area…. All but one. We have 5 . 2 Rhode Island reds , 2 black ones that produce large eggs and one other who peas from the straight run group.

They are all in the basement, and pee u ;( We have a good coop, but it is too cold out there.

We have an extra large dog cage, and their baby cage connected . It is not big enough. We are considering making an area in the basement with a tarp down ( I thought the garage might be better, husband said, it was too cold. He loves these girls!) … so they have more room until some feathers or it warms up …
We are giving dio. Earth, and Zyfend a , just in case and high protein food and table veg and fruit scraps and our Conor Parrot’s scarps
Anyone have some suggestions?
 
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow

May not be molting, if the hens are bare in front of the tails, it's over mating from the roosters. You have too many boys and they will over mate the hens enough to kill the hens. The proper ratio to protect hens is 1 rooster to 7+ hens. So you need to separate these boys from your hens until you can get more hens.

Good luck and welcome aboard!
 
Welcome to BYC, you can find a plethora of information on the articles section of the forum! Your hens might not be molting, but rather may be mating wih your rooster a little too much, I suggest you make another thread in the managing your flock sub-forum, where you'll be able to get great advice! Enjoy your time here :welcome
 
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow

May not be molting, if the hens are bare in front of the tails, it's over mating from the roosters. You have too many boys and they will over mate the hens enough to kill the hens. The proper ratio to protect hens is 1 rooster to 7+ hens. So you need to separate these boys from your hens until you can get more hens.

Good luck and welcome aboard!
 

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