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    Silkie hens stopped laying! Can't figure out why!

    Question is, do silkies who have stopped laying due to broodiness start up again?
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    Buff Silkie lethargic, constipated, stopped giving eggs

    No, I cannot say there's any activity like that. Just a great deal of immobility. The strange act of camouflage. Pooping only when outside the box. And no eggs for more than a week now. Speaking of poop, it was the most liquid type for several days. The last one was normal looking. Could we...
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    Buff Silkie lethargic, constipated, stopped giving eggs

    That's an interesting thing. When my daughter removes her from the box, she poops (a huge amount) in her lap. My daughter massages her a bit, and she goes. Also, she lives in a large, expansive box, not a nesting box per se. But perhaps she's treating the whole box as a nesting place...?
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    Buff Silkie lethargic, constipated, stopped giving eggs

    I wanted to check her crop this morning, but my daughter beat me to it and put food out. I missed my chance! Oh, I forgot to mention that, during this whole time, my silkie is exhibiting odd habits. She's taken to sitting in a corner and throwing pine shavings over herself. I was hoping that...
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    Buff Silkie lethargic, constipated, stopped giving eggs

    Thank you! She was hatched in early May. We feed her Producers Pride chicken pellets. She drinks well, and quite a lot compared to the others in my opinion. She has one box mate, also a Buff Silkie. We haven't examined her crop as yet. We shall do so in the morning. Is there something to be...
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    Buff Silkie lethargic, constipated, stopped giving eggs

    Hello, we have a beautiful buff silkie hen going through a rough patch now. A reliable layer of small yet delightful eggs for the past few months, she has lately become lethargic and constipated. She has expelled massive amounts of liquidy excrement only with a daily massage. Oddly, she has...
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