Recent content by lady_destiny

Thank you all for your replies! It is sooo helpful and comforting to discuss it with others. It is possible that she was egg bound. She hasn't laid for a few days but then she was only laying once a week since she recovered from expelling herself with the huge eggs she was laying. We had...

I'm in Washington state and temps have actually been decent. Calm, mild, warm, not hot and not cold. She was one of my large hens too. We have bantams and specialty little ladies that are very affected by temperatures and they seem to be okay. Must say I am worried by the suddeness. I...

Fairly novice chicken mama.. We have (had) nine chickens of a variaty of breeds. We have experienced and learned quite a bit about raising healthy and happy chickens (not as easy as it sounds) in the past two years since our flock began. Unfortunately, I apparently have a lot more to...