hello! I have a young flock 19-20weeks old. None have started laying yet but one just started acting weird, almost looks egg bound.
She is waddling around and keeps laying down. She seems to be fine besides that. I'm wondering, can a chicken become egg bound on their first egg?
I isolated her last moght to get some good rest and have built her a sling. She kept jumping out, after a few attempts with different slings I strapped her in. I'm going to leave her in ot for a bit and then try to help her walk later today.
Thank you! I've attached a few photos. You can see when she is laying down she leans to her good side(the injured leg is her right). She also tends to have it pushed out or tucked up. I gave her water and food the first night but the next day she was able to hobble over and get food. It...
I recently got 10 new baby chicks. 2 of them are speckled sussex and the woman had put yellow bands to identify them. Well the other night i noticed one of the girls limping, upon inspection i saw the bad had rode up her leg and was cutting off circulation. I immediately cut the bands off the 2...