My 6 year old hen, she is a Red Star, had impacted crop. We think we got that fixed as the hard lump was gone, she was doing better, then her crop got squishy. She started getting lethargic and stopped eating. We noticed her crop enlarged in the morning and feeling like a water balloon, so we...
I have Barred Rock that will be 2 around September. She started out with normal perfect eggs. She was in fact the first of my 4 chickens to lay. The chickens are fed Texas Naturals Layer Pellets and freeze dried meal worms or freeze dried grubs for a treat. They also have oyster shells in their...
My hen suffered a shock on Sat. The coop was attacked by bees. In order to get them out of danger we brought them inside in a dog crate until we could get rid of the bees. The other 3 hens were fine with the move, but my Barred Rock was definitely in shock. She just stood around and stared into...