Recent content by Blondi27

They are 7 months old.

:barnie So my leghorn started laying in July and my Wyandotte started laying in August. My other three hens started laying in September and one the beginning of October, so maybe that’s why those particular hens aren’t laying.:barnie

Is she a hatchery bird or from a breeder? Do the Brahmas lay just as good if their from a breeder?

I’ve read about them being excellent winter layers! They don’t lay a lot of eggs, but they DO LAY in the winter from what I’ve read. Do you use supplemental lighting? Btw, your hen is absolutely stunning!!!!! What color is that? I’ve never seen her coloring before.

Same here! I bought chickens that were supposed to be “cold hardy”, which made me think they would also be good winter layers. I read some things online and apparently, “cold hardy” breeds doesn’t necessarily mean they are good winter layers, but they are good at withstanding colder temperatures...

I live in north idaho and i currently have 5 hens. I have a GLW, 2 EE, a white leghorn and a midnight majesty Maran. With the change of the season and daylight hours,my glw and leghorn are the only 2 that are laying. I knew they might slow down in production, but I didn’t think that they would...

So I stopped treating with corid today because she isn’t doing any better. I took in a few samples of dropping for a fecal float test this morning and will get the results back tomorrow. Hopefully that will shed some light on what’s going on with her.

She has been eating, I just checked her crop and it’s about half full.

I could try that, what would be the point of that?

I have kept them in their run away from the plums. I picked her up and listened to her breathing. She kind of sounds like a person breathing though a stuffy nose, but she hasn’t been sneezing and no discharge from her nostrils. Can chickens get a little cold like people? Should I try using...

Update: so my hen coco is acting sick again. Her dropping are more solid, very light yellow urates, but she is puffed up standing around again. She ate a lot this morning and drank, but not eating much right now. I’m not quite sure what is wrong.

Ya, I was wondering if it was the plums, because they do look questionable sometimes, but I will keep treating with the corid just in case.:thumbsup

Ok

Update: so I just checked on them this morning and they are both doing sooooo much better, idk if it was something they ate, or the corid, but they are pretty much acting normal now. Coco, the one that was really sick yesterday still has some runny droppings, but with more solids and less yellow...

Yes, so both of their urates were yellow. I felt their bellies and they both felt fine. They do free range, I know they’ve been eating a lot of plums that are falling off our tree, but I’m not sure if that has anything to do with it.