One of our 2 1/2 year old Lohmann Brown hens didn't look right to me a few days ago so we brought her in the garage to monitor. Her comb and bottom edges of her wattle are a bit greyish and dry and she's not as energetic as usual. Her appetite also seems poor and as a result she's not pooping...
Hello! We have four 2 1/2 year old hens who all arrived together when we first became chicken keepers. One of them is currently in quarantine within the run, but is ready to join her flock mates. One was in quarantine, but has already rejoined the other two a couple weeks ago. She is clearly...
Hello, I have a 2 1/2 year old Lohmann Brown laying hen. She has been doing poorly the past 4 days. She is quite emaciated, labored breathing, walking upright, almost tipping over backward, neck hunched, eyes dull and half shut. She is eating (ravenously, if it's scrambled egg) and pooping...
We have 8 lohmann brown layers that we got last April when they were 17 weeks old. They recently looked like they were going through a moult, but then their necks began balding, followed by their breasts and undersides, and now near their vents. The bald patches appear to have had the feathers...
One of our 11-month old Lohmann Browns started sleeping on top of the nesting boxes, instead of on the roost a couple nights ago. The first night I saw this, I moved her onto the roost. The next night she was on top of the nesting boxes again so I moved her again. The hen next to her started...