My 5 year old light sussex hen was put on an implant 2 weeks ago to prevent egg laying. As i expected she may be moulting with a decreasing appetite, grumpyness and feathers in the run over the last 5 days. But today she has been walking on her hocks!!! If i help her to stand she can then walk...
Hi,
I have a 4 year old light sussex (Shakshuka) who is definitley laying 2 soft shelled eggs at a time (I've seen her in action! Otherwise I'd assume impossible). She stopped laying over winter this year for the first time, then starting in February is laying about once a fortnight - always 2...
I have a 16 week speckled sussex pullet called Edwina who seems to think i'm her Mam. I'm worried she's stressed and lonley.
She was in with 2 sisters until they both died suddenly at about 12 weeks. She's still too small to introduce her to my two older girls, so sadly she is alone at night in...