I went by the feed store, talked through her symptoms (a new one being wheezing) with one of the people who work there. He was super helpful, and we decided to go for an antibiotic for the likely respiratory disease in the sick hen, then an immunity booster for the rest of the girls. I got her...
Thanks so much for the reply. I checked her for mites and lice, and she's looking good. She is missing some feathers on her underside, so she could be molting. But I haven't seen the usual piles of feathers all over the place. So I'm wondering if she's pulled out a few due to stress. I checked...
I'm really hoping someone on the forum can help me out. I've been googling a lot and have yet to find something that matches what's going on with one of my girls.
My buff orpington (Blondie) is about a year and a half old, and last night when I was closing up the coop I noticed she was laying...