I have a sexlink who has been looking a bit under the weather these past two days plus unusually she has stopped laying
she is eating but her poop comes out much like it goes in (ie undigested) .. and her crop seems empty
she doesn't appear to be taking much grit
Any suggestions ? can you...
We are fairly new to Chickens
I have a young Black Easter Egger in amongst our flock of 12 (6 Older Sexlinks an Orpington , Silkie etc)
The bird is 16/18 weeks old (not yet laying) She sleeps in lots of room in a large coop with lots of roosts and pine shavings for bedding
3 days ago the bird...
I have a small black easter egger (not yet laying) amongst a flock of 12 birds (6 Sexlinks) .. She is the smallest of the bunch and she has recently become very sluggish / sleeps a lot during the day etc .. she eats and looks healthy .. buts seems to have really slowed down ..
Any ideas ...
I got a mix of 5 new pullets at a livestock auction this week .. the youngest of which looks like this .. (see attached pic) .. Any ideas on the breed ?
thanks in advance
One of my birds (sexlink)who has been laying like clockwork is now just going through all the motions .. back into the coop after morning let out / entering the nest box for a period of time but not laying an egg .. can anyone advise ?
in the last couple of days I have also noticed a couple of...
Our Sexlinks have recently started laying all be it intermittently thus far ... my question is this ? Curtains or no curtains on nest boxes ? While some birds immediately used the nest boxes a one has preferred the cOop floor ...