Two days ago I noticed one of my hens had her right eye closed all the time. She will briefly open it but immediately shuts it again. I cannot see anything wrong with it. She really fights if I try to hold her head to look at it. I thought perhaps one of the others pecked her and hit her eye. Or...
I have 7 hens, no rooster. Three Buff Orpington, three Barred Rock (all are coming up on their 3rd birthday in July) and one that I am told is a game hen. (She showed up about 18 months ago and decided to stay; age unknown but I suspect younger than the others.) One of the Buff Orpingtons...
I have a 2 year old Barred Rock hen who is molting. This morning when I went out to the coop she was on the floor. None of them have ever gotten off the roost in the dark before. Then I noticed how she was walking, kind of crouched and unable to walk straight, drifting usually to the right. She...
About two months ago I moved my hens to a new coop. They seem to like the new nest boxes, and they quickly learned to roost on the new roost bars. However, several times a week in the morning I find broken eggs in the poop on the poop board that have just the membrane and no shell. This did not...
My year and a half old hens have stopped roosting. They have been on the roost every night for a long time. I am in Texas; we have had some chilly nights. When it is down in the 30's I turn on the heat lamp and close the door to keep them warm. (They can still go out thru the small chicken...