Recent content by Houdini56

We have considered the possibility of two green egg layers, but in the last 5 months of laying in the same henhouse we've never found 2 green eggs in the same 24 hour period....so odds seem rather low on that to me.

That's sounds like a reasonable approach. We may consider chicks in the spring depending on how things play out over the winter.

Thank you all for chiming in. You learn something new every day if you pay attention! It's a disappointment, especially with only 3 hens....now my 5-yo Comet has gone off laying, so we may be down to one layer. We really don't enjoy the integration process with new birds, the pecking order...

They are actually Buff Orpington x RIR....I misspoke (well, actually, just didn't remember accurately, not an uncommon event!!).

When our little flock got down to one chicken last fall, we picked up two RIR/leghorn crosses who were anywhere from 9 to 18 months old. The day we brought them home (Halloween), one of them laid a nice green egg....then while in quarantine one of them went into molt, and no more eggs for a...

Life got sooo busy...but the good news is Patience seems pretty much back to her normal self. And in an odd coincidence (?) she is now in the heaviest molt I have seen any of these three go through, and is looking rather ratty. Maybe this is her first real molt, as all we've ever seen before...

Patience seems to be making progress -- though still no egg in five days now. Yesterday her primarily yellow-water poop turned more solid and normal appearing, and she began eating her poultry crumbles again. She seemed more alert and interested in her surroundings when ranging, with more...

Lots of good info here and I appreciate it. We actually have been quite cool for the last week in the 60s during the day, might get into the mid 70s this week; I don't think heat is the issue because none of the hens are giving their typical signs of heat stress at all. I started a...

There aren't any visible signs of worms to my eye with looking her over. Need to try again under the wings as she was resistant. And no, none of my three hens have ever been dewormed. I'll continue to look her over each day. Basically she continues with an up-and-down course. Part of the...

Thank you for this...will check her crop again tonight. This morning just feels a bit soft, but really barely what I would call an enlargement in the area. Tonight will have a basis for comparison. She isn't eating any crumble, just things like yogurt and scrambled eggs, and ate just a little...

Well, we haven't talked about it yet. Between dog and cat we spent almost $1K in the last two months so "vet" is basically still a curse word for us right now. :(

I haven't checked her crop often enough to have a good comparison, but to me it felt small (not flat) and soft/squishy. I don't notice any odor. FWIW, I don't see her eating any crumbles at all the last day or so, and have been giving her yogurt, the scrambled egg, and this morning a bit of...

Well, Patience made it through the night, but after reading some other posts with similar symptoms I don't feel as hopeful as I would like. Her symptoms -- Now drinking LOTS of water, and her poop this morning was large, very runny, and yellow, like yellowish water. She eats but does not...

I'm keeping her by herself in a chicken tractor on the grass during the day. She loved that scrambled egg! So did the other two....I figured if it was good for her then it was good for all. And they seemed to agree! :)

I haven't tried anything except yogurt and meal worms...her two favs...but I will definitely do that. Thanks for the suggestion!