I have a 1 year old crested cream legbar that has a swollen belly. It has been like this for as long as I can remember. She is our biggest hen and I have always thought she was just "larger" than the others. She hasn't laid for about a month and a half now. This all started about 3 months ago...
I have a hen that has been laying rather odd for the last month or so. She is almost a year old and has laid about 8 to 10 fairy eggs and only 2 or 3 regular eggs in the last month. I have been feeding the flock Purena Flock Raiser with plenty of access to oyster shells for calcium for about 4...
We have a cream legbar hen that has been laying fairy eggs for the last few days. She is about 10-11 months old and has always laid very large eggs from the start. Her health seems fine and nothing has changed recently (except it is spring now) that would cause her any stress. I cracked open all...
I happened to be in cleaning out the coop when I noticed one of my hens was bleeding from her rear. I did the best I could to find the origination but haven't been successful. Does coccidiosis appear as solid blood or would this just be an injury that I need to keep an eye on? She doesn't seem...
We currently have 6 hens in our flock. 4 of which are about 8 months old and the other 2 are only about 4 months old. About a month ago, we lost a hen due to being egg bound. After speaking with our vet, we decided lack of nutrition was the only possibility for causing this. We changed their...
Hello everyone,
We have a small flock of 5 Crested Cream Legbar Hens that are all about 7 months old. This morning, I let them out of their run to free range (as I do everyday) and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. About an hour later I noticed one of my hens laying by herself. About...