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If we have a few dark rainy days my egg production is cut in half or less (i have only have 6 hens). I believe they need 14 hours of light to produce an egg. When it is sunny after a rainy say or 2 i know the following day i will have 4 or 5 eggs. In the winter with the shorter daylight hours...

I should add that her back feathers are puffed out.

I came home tonight to find one of my hens "hiding" under the coop ramp. she was very lethargic and barely moved when i went to reach for her. Her chest looked puffy so my thought was sour crop. I put her in a nesting box and she just stood there closing her eyes on occasion. The crop felt like...

Thanks for the response I wasn't sure I would have thought that the tips would have frost bite before the main part.

I just noticed thus the other day. The hen is eating fine and i see no other symptoms of anything. 2 of my other hens have this a little bit (1 or 2) spots but my 2 RR do not have anything. Thanks for the help!

2/13/13 12:45PM

Welcome to BYC. This has been a great resource for me and my start in chickens, here in Kannapolis NC

Thank for the quick responses. The guy I got the chicks from said he would exchange them if they were roos. Hopefully he still will.

These are Lavender Orpingtons.

1 and 2 3 The 1 and 2 have more of a fringe type tail feathers. 3's tail feathers are round. Atleast 2 of them have started to crow but when i go out to see which one it is they stop. All three are about 4 months old.