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    My hen is behaving like a rooster and stopped laying!

    I’m beginning to think she is just done with laying..but I keep observing her for signs of ill health..
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    My hen is behaving like a rooster and stopped laying!

    Not cold enough for frostbite here in New Orleans. Upon further inspection I realize her earlobes aren’t black, they have shrunken and folded in on themselves..if that makes sense..sort of concertina style. I thought the same thing about a secret nest and watched her, she always uses the...
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    My hen is behaving like a rooster and stopped laying!

    My 2 year old australorp molted, layed 20 eggs then stopped. She looks healthy and behaves normally with great appetite etc. She goes into her nesting box daily and spends some time but produces no egg. The only unusual behavior is that she mounts my other hen many times a day. I’ve read that a...
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    Easter egged laid one egg then nothing

    She is laying again! One month of nothing now laying ever other day!
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    Easter egged laid one egg then nothing

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    Chicken poop with yolk

    They won’t eat any comnerofeed. They free range all day.
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    Easter egged laid one egg then nothing

    My Easteregger finally laid an egg at 8 months old. A few days later I found egg yolk in her poop. I posted that in the emergency/disease section.. some thought it was just a young hen working out the plumbing and others were concerned it could be egg yolk Peritonitis. I kept an eye on her and...
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    Chicken poop with yolk

    I was getting geared up for that but this morning her poop was normal and she is behaving normally.. so I will monitor her.. of course the holidays will complicate any vet appointment..
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    Chicken poop with yolk

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    Chicken poop with yolk

    Here’s what I give them.. started with the pellets (they flatly refused!) then I crushed the pellets then I soaked the pellets in milk, then half n half.. only the Easter ever was a bit interested. Then I bought the giant bag of crumbles..a big nope. (To me it smells better than the pellets but...
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    Chicken poop with yolk

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    Chicken poop with yolk

    Thanks cindyinsd...I have oyster shells available, so far both of my pullets haven’t shown Any interest! They also show no interest in any of the commercial layer feeds I have invested in.. both crumbles and pellets. Every now and then I soak pellets in milk and offer some in my hand..they eat...
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    Chicken poop with yolk

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    Chicken poop with yolk

    Thank you, she seems like her normal self, tail up and eating and drinking. It’s definitely a yolk and white.
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    Chicken poop with yolk

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