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Flower is visiting me as you know, we processed Whinny to night and I am so glad we did. She has been eating but just hasn't been lookibg very good, and she was so skinny. She hadn't laid an egg for abou 8 months. Her abdomen was squishy and soft. When we started to make the first cut around her vent she bust a yellow salfer grean tinted liquid. And several od chucks od sickly brown geenesh tinted lumps fell out. She had rotting eggs in her. She may have been suffering for months. She is at lest 1-1/2 years old, maybe older.
Now. I am worried about my sweet Clair. She is a pet, now a hen, and has yet to lay an egg. She looks good, so I will just keep an even clobber eye on her.
Does anyone have experience with speckled sussex? My 2 that were hatched the same as the others are about half the size of everyone else. Did I get duped for some bantams or are they slower growing? They eat and are active like the rest. Also what's up with eating feathers? Anytime someone shakes off a feather they all go after it and swallow it down.
Does anyone have experience with speckled sussex? My 2 that were hatched the same as the others are about half the size of everyone else. Did I get duped for some bantams or are they slower growing? They eat and are active like the rest. Also what's up with eating feathers? Anytime someone shakes off a feather they all go after it and swallow it down.
They are still on 20% with feed available 24/7. Plus plenty of treats. I have 12 birds, 6 different breeds, all 13 weeks old, and they all go after feathers.Feather eating can be a sign the birds are not getting enough protein.
If your Sussex are not bantams they may be from a slow-growing strain or they may not be getting enough to eat. Since your birds are also eating feathers I would suspect it's a feed issue more than a growth rate issue. Could be both.