I have a 3 year old RIR that has only laid 1 egg in the last 8 months or so and this morning found her in the coop laying down with her head in dirt, lathargic, I don't know how long she has been there. Not sure if anybody in the family check on the coop yesterday so she could of been there over...
We have 2 hens the same age. The RIR is really being mean to our other hen and she is now afraid to leave the nesting box. Also the RIR stopped laying eggs a few months ago, she is around 2yrs old.
Do I separate them and if so for how long?
I have 2 hens, a RRR and a crested creamed legbar. They started as good layers then completely stopped. A couple of months ago the crested cream legbar started laying again but the RRR has only had a couple of eggs in the last 2 months. She seems like her usually self other than not laying...
We have a small coop we put together from a kit but it doesn't have any spots for them to roost on. How high above the floor in the house should I install 1?
We have a Rhode Island Red who was born September 19th 2014 and a Silver Laced Wyandotte who was born September 26th 2014 and are not to sure about the sex of the Rhode Island Red. We have done some research on how to know the sex but are still unsure.