She had been dealing with it for sometime, her crop backed up and smelled awful so I just assumed it was an impacted crop, which it was. I now know why it was impacted and sour. She ate well and drank well up until the day before she died, once she stopped eating she was gone pretty quick. I...
Thanks so much for your detailed reply, makes feel a little better, she was not looking too good for a long time, she never did molt, so I thought she was trying to. She ate and drank very well up until the day before she died. Just hope this was viral and not bacterial, all the rest of them...
I had what I thought was sour crop in a hen, after about 10 days in the house with yeast treatment, probiotics, and massages the nasty foul smell combined with gurgling subsided. Never stopped eating and drinking and crop was emptying. Was about ready to add her back to the flock when I felt a...
Yes! And two of them! They were under the roost and my one hen is in the layer box right now, She been in there a couple hours now.. ack! The suspense!
Well my long awaited first eggs were on the coop floor very early this morning, they are soft shelled, one looks like it was eaten the other was just cracked open .. dang it
Here is an updated picture of my Buff Brahma, I am leaning pullet now lol! Hard to tell because I had to put a saddle on because he/she was being picked on where the feathers were slow to grow. Lots bigger but looks the same! 12 1/2 weeks now
Haha will let you know the minute one of them lays an egg, she is showing the reddest comb and one other, I have 5. The rest of my flock is only 11 weeks old.
Bought at TSC as an Olive Egger but she nor her sisters have the top tuft.. so I guess egg color is gonna tell the tale if she is Sapphire Gem or Olive Egger