On of my 3 year old hens is not as active as usual. She is not as competitive within the flock as normal. She seems to be losing some weight. She is eating and drinking, but isn't eating as much as normal. She does seem slightly lethargic. Something isn't right.
She moves her head/neck...
I have a 2.5 yr old red sex link hen (Tweety) that is having problems with her egg laying. She has been laying shell-less or thin shell eggs at night. She gets free choice oyster shell. She also doesn't get any additional grain besides her chicken feed, as I have been told that this can upset...
I have a 2 year old, red sex link hen (Stripey) who has been lethargic for 6 days. I think she was stressed from the heat. It has been in the 90s here, though it hasn't been as hot as earlier in the summer. Her comb was very pale, and she was spending nearly the whole day sitting/sleeping...
We have 6 red sex link hens, and they are just over 2 years old. These our our first chickens. When the weather warmed up this spring, they were laying consistently. We seemed to get 4-6 eggs a day. Then things changed. We started getting on average 3 eggs a day and frequently got...