Hi, I am very new to poultry keeping and have been given 6 older birds 2@ 8 year olds 2@7 years and 2(Silkies)@6 years. They arrived at my house on the 1st of may and I think they have settled well. They are kept on a 30' x 30' ' bark / soil run and lay on average 3 eggs a day between them.
I have couple of questions:
1) One of the girls has loose but formed stools - I cannot identify at present which bird is producing this and want to know if this is a problem and
2) I have also noticed that the two older birds have a white colouration to their ear lobes in comparison to the others who have crimson red lobes and are the same colour as their combs and wattles.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Ged