Recent content by Francesca Sutton

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    Orange poop and no eggs

    I have two hens left after one became very ill last year. One was laying fine, but has not layed in a couple of months now, and her poop has become quite orange, with some very watery stools which leave orange wet patches in the coop. Both hens seem completely fine in themselves, eating and...
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    hen stopped laying reliably

    She's about 9 months and yes we free range. Their coop is plastic, so less likely to get red mite etc. She's just laid today, I gave her a bit of bread with coconut oil yesterday as her crop felt a bit lumpy, so that may have helped, but will definitely keep an eye on mites.
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    hen stopped laying reliably

    Thanks for the reassurance all, I'll keep an eye on her, she is doing everything else normally so fingers crossed it's just a quirk or hers or easily resolved.
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    hen stopped laying reliably

    I'm in the UK, it's late summer here. I'll keep checking for creepy crawlies, but found nothing so far, might give her a quick going over with some DE anyhow.
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    hen stopped laying reliably

    Her laying has definitely decreased, but her broodiness not increased if this make sense, she is fine not to sit on the nesting box, and doesn't go back to it. She's quite a chunky bird, and seems quite ok, just worried that it could be something bad underlying, or something I'm doing wrong.
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    hen stopped laying reliably

    I have 3 hens who have been laying reliably for several months, but one has become very sporadic, maybe one every few days, and it's been 3 days now. She was a bit broody, which lost her top spot in the pecking order, but we move her off and take eggs which she's ok with. She seems healthy...
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