Recent content by sandykopandy

This sounds like really good advice. I like the "wait and see" approach in case it really is just a case of them having come from chicken "ghetto" conditions.

I've always thought that respiratory problems could be bacterial and may need Tetracyline which you should be able to buy from your feed store no problem. I could be wrong but I think respiratory problems are a problem. Good that you are keeping them isolated!

UPDATE: She has been lying around all day but I checked her vent and it was gunky- poop and possibly egg stuck all around and in. I submerged her tushy in a basin of warm water and very gently alternated between that and rubbing olive oil in to gently loosen anything that was stuck. I was able...

I"m sorry- I know this is an old thread. What do you do if the crop isn't empty first thing in the morning. My EE was starting to act low yesterday afternoon and this morning she was just sitting there- in a laying position but obviously just low energy and maybe ill. I held her for a while...

HAHAHA!!!! Thanks for the laugh!!!!! Needed that this morning!

Okay thanks. it seems a little long of a sabbatical :).

I am not supplementing light. I was hoping to let them go through this naturally and I don't have electric hookup to where there coop is. We live in Austin, Texas. They are 13 months old and were all three fantastic layers.

I have an EE, a BR and a PR. All had been fantastic layers until the moult which started in late September. The PR continued to lay and didn't moult, but the other two took a sabbatical. So... one egg a day from "Eve" and the others were getting their strength back. Now Eve has stopped laying. I...

Thanks. I wish I had thought of that last night. I'll remember for next time. They ended up having to leave the poor guy there. She at least gave him water. When she went back, he wasn't there so perhaps he got himself to a safer place for the night. I'm proud of my daughter for caring. She said...

Hello all~ My daughter who is in college just called me- she and some friends are in Ft. Worth, TX and found a rooster with an injured foot. She obviously cannot take it to campus housing back in Arlington. She is trying to figure out who to call. Local wildlife rescue directs her to website...

An update: The run was littered with feathers today. YES!!! LET THE MOULT BEGIN!!!! I am SO relieved. (And perhaps a bit embarrassed that I put KY jelly in the poor girl's vent. I hope she will forgive me.) This is the most knowledgable chicken forum around. You all ROCK!!!

THANK YOU!!! Now it makes sense. I think that's what's happening.

That's an interesting idea. Would she have this weird behavior and stop laying even before the feather loss? If so, then that would be a great answer to what's going on!

Thank you all SOOOOO much. I have kept an eye on her and she continues to have plenty of energy. She's eating and drinking plenty. She's not going anywhere near the nest box She continues to be extra rude to her sisters, especially the bottom of the pecking order. Maybe there's something to...

Oh, and I should say that she doesn't sit at all. She doesn't even go into the box. It's as if she's taken a sabbatical!