I'm really sorry about your hen. The same thing happend to my buff orpington hen only she was younger, only about 5 months. She laid her first egg at 19 weeks old . She was a great layer and laid large eggs. We found out that sometimes the hen gets an oversized liver and its puntured by the egg...
2 buff orpington chicks hatched but only one lived. Its SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO CUTE! 2 more to hatch. I'm using a hen named EggRoll. One of the 2 remaining eggs is a buff orpington/rhodeislandred mix.
My 23 week old buff orpington hen named Peep isn't laying yet, but all my other buff orpington hens her age are!
We even have a 19 week old americana who laid her first egg just the other day.
Peep also has a small comb and wattles that are pink instead of red, even when she's running arournd.
I...
I have a 19 week old Welsummer who just today ate poop.
She also will walk away from her flock and then start to look for them. She is not blind.
Do I have a retarded chicken?
My biggest hen was attacked yesterday and has bite or scratch marks on her leg and under her wing. (Her name is Peck.) My 11 week old rooster has some dried blood on the back of his comb. 2 11 week old hens have part of there combs sraped off and 1 11 week old has bite marks on both wings...