This is my five-year-old chicken named Dakota. I came out to check on them this morning and she was sitting in her nesting box which she usually doesn’t do unless she’s laying in an egg and when I open the doors to let them out she wouldn’t come out , so I picked her up to check her out and she...
Well it sounds like she’s getting plenty of protein. Could she be egg bound? any major stressors may make her stop laying. The shorter days may be affecting the amount of light she’s getting and it being colder outside, she may be using all of her energy to keep warm.
This black rooster wandered into my yard about a week ago and I’m still on the search for his owners. Although I’d be more than happy to keep him. I’m just wondering what breed he is as he has white wind tips, red comb, wattle, and ear lobes. As well as white and black speckled legs.
Yesterday I was feeding my chickens and I came out to one of my hens puffed up on her roosting bar, kind of swaying back-and-forth and shaking, I thought she was cold, so I turned on her heat lamp and today when I came out, she was dead as I was feeding the rest of my flock I see this hen so I...
My 6 year old Delaware is being super lethargic, has a very large soft crop, but her beak does not smell sour, she hasn’t laid an egg in at least 2 years and it was about 60 degrees outside side today so it couldn’t be frost bite. She also has no unusual lumps or scars anywhere. I don’t know...