I knew there were a lot of possibilities, but a general idea of things to watch for is helpful, so thank you for the feed back. I probably should have kept the body for examination, but I did not want to risk keeping her around. She was walking normal and was laying fine. SO it could have been...
My buff orpington of 2 years died suddenly this afternoon. She was fine yesterday and was out grazing. This morning I did not notice anything wrong, but I opened up the door for them to range while they were still roosted. When I returned home this afternoon she was in the coop while all the...
I just noticed today that she was in position, longer than usual, trying to poop. I looked at her vent it was messy but not caked, but there was a long skinny band/ribbon that was poking out and kin of folding up towards the vent. When i went to get a closer look she took of running and it went...
I have 7 buff orpingtons right now and next year plan to get more chickens. I hear barred rocks are great egg layers, but tend to be bossy to docile chickens. If I raised them as chicks around the orpingtons would they be less bossy to the orps once they matured?
I have 7 hens and they are almost 5 months and one hen is already laying but they are still the small eggs. She lays one everyday for the most part. Sometimes there's one day in the week that she takes off.