She does usually lay eggs. All my girls get egg layer crumbles and nutreena harvest blend. Sometimes we tear up weeds and throw em in the coop but they stay in the run and are not normally in the yard for foraging.
Ok I plan on checking her crop again in a bit.
I have read so many different things but I guess I still have questions. I have a chicken who is about 1 year old. She used to be much heavier than most of my chickens. Recently (over the last week or so)I noticed she had lost a lot of weight and her crop is very large and solid.
I Recently...
She is around a year old possibly up to 16 months old. My other chickens are molting and so is she. But her main bare patch is nearly 3 months bare and it began with an ingrown feather that we pulled 3 feathers out of. That hole healed but she and others continued to peck at her back since then.
Ok which is a better option using this saddle or blukote? Should I use something on her vent? I read somewhere that you shouldn't apply that to the vent area for it could affect her eggs. I've never had a big problem with my chickens but after reading yalls stories I try to address the issue as...
Ok I can follow later with pictures but I figured I'd ask as I am trying to fix this before the cold weather starts. I had a rooster who is now gone but one chicken is still in terrible shape. Her whole stripe from in-between her shoulder blades is bare and irritated. I have vetericyn wound care...