My pekin I believe is eggbound and have never had this problem with her before either. She lays like clockwork everyday but for the past 3 days nothing. She sits in a spot for hours every day trying to lay but nothing. She is also not her perky self and not as active. She did hurt her leg...
I have had eggs come up missing and I know that they are missing because I had went in coop early morning there were 4 eggs and I was not able to carry them because I had recently had foot surgery and was on crutches so when I went back there was only one egg remaining. Same thing happened today...
I came home last night and my female pekin is standing on one foot and then when she walks she is hobbling. I am guessing she must of hurt it sometime yesterday. I picked her up to look at it but no apparent abrasions but her foot looked a little swollen. Do you know what the best thing to do...
I have two hens have been broody for two months now and I have tried everything to break them nothing is working. I am worried because they are losing weight and both just want to sit in the nest together. I have to physically remove them daily and lock them out of the coop. I just want them...
I have two broody hens and no fertilized eggs or rooster they have been sitting for a week now. My concern is they are not eating or drinking anything either. Any suggestions how to get them to eat?
I have two laying hens that are "broody" and no roosters but the problem is that they both want the same nesting box although there are two other nesting boxes. Both hens have decided to sit in the same nesting box together. This has been going on for a couple of days now and how long will...