Hello, I know the title of this post sounds horrible but it’s the best way to describe what I think I need to do.
I have a hen who stops eating completely before she lays her egg, but it can take her several days before she actually lays the eggs.
Right now she wants to lay an egg and hasn’t...
Hello, I noticed one night a few weeks ago when putting my chickens away at night that one of my hens was acting strange and looked like it was squatting while roosting. I was a little confused and then it just layed an egg right there on the roosting stand. She had laid a shell less rubber egg...
Hello, I'm new to chickens from 2021 and I joined this forum a few months ago when one of my hens got sick, but I didn't introduced myself until now. I'm from western Canada and I have a small fenced coop with 9 chickens and 2 geese. I have previously had ducks, but had to re-home them as they...
Hello, I have a sick hen who went downhill due to un untreated case of scaly leg mites. I didn't realize anything was wrong until one day she was just on the ground in the corner, she could barely walk, and had stopped eating. By the time I realized what was wrong with her, and started treating...
One of my chickens that I got from a friend is now sitting on the ground in the coop, and isn't moving around too much. When I put food in front of her, she eats fast like she's hungry, but then stops before too long. Her crop is empty in the morning, but was only slightly filled at night. She...