She is still young enough to lay though getting older. She is secondhand so I'm not sure exact age but I think she's about 3. Would internal laying make her belly soft though. Because it's bloated but not hard anywhere.
Here's the deal. Hen has a distended belly but it's not rigid. I recently watched her poop and it was normal. Her stomach though is so enlarged that she cannot hop up into the hen house and she literally walks duck footed with her bottom side down, but she has been eating and drinking fairly...
not sure if this has been answered for you or not but you can just get a 5 gallon fish tank and light and put a beta fish in it and that way you will have the duck weed come spring. Also if you have a kid they will love the fish.
Thanks everyone for the welcome.
I have 7 chickens. 1 rooster that is blue and red, Ameracauna\black copper Moran mix. 1 hen of the same (olive egger). 2 black copper morans. 3 Ameracaunas though I think 2 of them are easter eggers can't tell.
My name is Josh. So I'm a 25 yr old EMT and 1st year homeowner with 1.5 acres. Had to get the lady's stuff done when I first moved in but as soon as I could I built me a chicken coop. Received 6 hens and 1 rooster from my dad's flock and have been keeping my fridge full of eggs ever since! I...