TwentyOneChickens
Songster
A couple weeks ago I noticed 1 chicken in the nesting box (Henrietta) and she's not laying any eggs. She couldn't be eggbound because she would be dead by now.
She lets me take her out by the feet and she doesn't get flat when I try to pick her up or anything... she doesn't sound broody just yet.
Sometimes when I take her out and put her with the other chickens, they fight with her and peck her head and get into long fights that I have to separate.
She's constantly growling and nervously "bawking" whether in the nesting box or if I take her out.
Sometimes the other chickens fight too.
She plucked some of her chest feathers a couple weeks ago, and there was a bunch of feathers in the nesting box.
I think they're starting to molt, too, but I'm not sure - I can feel their bare skin under them and they *were* losing feathers around their heads but now I don't think they're losing any more feathers.
We have 12 Red Sexlinks that are a year old now.
Please help us with this
She lets me take her out by the feet and she doesn't get flat when I try to pick her up or anything... she doesn't sound broody just yet.
Sometimes when I take her out and put her with the other chickens, they fight with her and peck her head and get into long fights that I have to separate.
She's constantly growling and nervously "bawking" whether in the nesting box or if I take her out.
Sometimes the other chickens fight too.
She plucked some of her chest feathers a couple weeks ago, and there was a bunch of feathers in the nesting box.
I think they're starting to molt, too, but I'm not sure - I can feel their bare skin under them and they *were* losing feathers around their heads but now I don't think they're losing any more feathers.
We have 12 Red Sexlinks that are a year old now.
Please help us with this
