I noticed my Barred Rock was nesting in the hen house not acting all together as usual this morning, this after noon she is not interacting with the flock . I picked her up to check her out and her chest feels like there is fluid, like a water balloon. I have her sequestered now. I gave her a...
I have a buff polish, she has had a few ruff weeks, infection, taking antibiotics and anti inflammatory meds I have been giving her some extreme TLC, bringing her in in the morning giving her, her own feeding time and then meds same with n the evening. She is the lowest hen on the 7 hen pecking...
My Buff Polish spent 4 hours today in the hen house, which is very unusual for her-mostly she is a very feisty active girl. She seemed to be hiding out I think, she is not typically a broody girl either, but she was sitting on the eggs.. I actually encouraged her to get out of the house...and...
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I thought my hens had mites, but no mites, no lice, just a lot of feather loss around the backside of 1 particular hen so we removed her from the coop and began treating her; I gave her a soothing warm bath and then applied hen healer this blue goo to her backside and have applied it...
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I think a couple of my hens have chicken mites; my Red Sex link backside is loosing feathers and becoming raw. I have also noticed a raw area right between the eyes of my buff polish she constantly has her head in the dirt; pics attached. I do not think Goldie, the RSL, is molting she...
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I have 7 chickens, 3 -32 wk in which 2 of them are laying(Red sex link and Barred rock) my SLW stopped laying a few days after we introduced the new flock of 4 moved in 2.5 month ago. The new flock of 4 are now 26wks + 1wk only 1 of them are laying, the Barred Rock, the other 3...
So Sue Ellen is on strike and has not been laying for about 6 wks now, She started laying at 16 wks old and is now 28 wks old. For about the last month and a half no eggs. I first thought she was egg bound. Her back feathers were "very messy" and also thought maybe she was laying shell less...
Hello,this group has been so helpful in the past I'm sending this out to you to help me figure out what is going on with my Silver Lace Wyanddote, known as Sue Ellen. She started laying eggs at about 16 wks , about 3-4 smallish eggs a week, now 24 weeks old. Egg laying pattern about the same...
Lately I've been watching my girls poop, when I can catch them going, I need to get a real life, right.. This morning my super layer Goldie, a RED Sex Link, pooped this (see pic) and I'm not too sure if this is a bad poop or a good poop. She is acting normal other than she did not lay an egg...
My Silver Laced Wyandotte, Sue Ellen, bottom looks very suspicious, she is eating good, behavior is normal, however her bottom looks unlike the others. Sue Ellen's looks a bit messy. she is laying eggs about every other to every 2 days, so that is normal too she is 20 wks old. Started laying at...
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Pecking order:
Recently I have noticed our Barred Rock has been picking on our Buff Orpington. essentially pecking at her and pushing her away at morning eating she then goes and lays her egg. This is especially evident at the first morning feed. Although, my Buff...