Hello BYC members. This has been an incredibly valuable resource for me for the past year and a half as I have began raising chickens, so thank you. I now have a couple questions myself about two of my hens.
I do not have a rooster.
First, I have a 1.5 year old golden laced wynadotte that appears to have a bit of a red bottom. You can't really notice it unless she is foraging with her bottom in the air, or if she is walking up the ramp into the coop. Should I be worried about this? What could it be a sign of? I have 10 hens, and none of the others appear to have this issue.
Second, I have a 1.5 year old Plymouth Rock. I check on them everyday, usually a few times, and I have noticed she looks a bit ragged. Some of her feathers, in random places, appear to be poking out in random directions, and she doesnt appear to have the pronounced tail feathers that my other hens have or that she had once had. There are no bare or bald spots from what I can tell. I have found a feather here or there on the ground or in a nesting box, but nothing that makes you take note.
Any ideas on what could be bothering these two?
Thanks.
I do not have a rooster.
First, I have a 1.5 year old golden laced wynadotte that appears to have a bit of a red bottom. You can't really notice it unless she is foraging with her bottom in the air, or if she is walking up the ramp into the coop. Should I be worried about this? What could it be a sign of? I have 10 hens, and none of the others appear to have this issue.
Second, I have a 1.5 year old Plymouth Rock. I check on them everyday, usually a few times, and I have noticed she looks a bit ragged. Some of her feathers, in random places, appear to be poking out in random directions, and she doesnt appear to have the pronounced tail feathers that my other hens have or that she had once had. There are no bare or bald spots from what I can tell. I have found a feather here or there on the ground or in a nesting box, but nothing that makes you take note.
Any ideas on what could be bothering these two?
Thanks.