My hens havent been laying like they usual. Three of my hens have had this white build up under their vent. I thought it was vent gleet and I added some apple cider vinegar to their water. That was a few weeks ago and nothing has improved. Any advice?
I was supplementing their water with some
apple cider vinegar for a short while as I suspected one of the rocks possible had vent gleet. I havent done that for a couple weeks now but maybe that was the culprit. Ill keep and eye out and let you know if this go back to normal. Thanks for the input!
I started giving them oyster on the side about a week ago, I use 16% layer feed and they do free range. My other Brown hasnt had any change in egg formation or laying frequency.
Hey everyone,
So I have two Isa Browns and two Barred Rocks, the Isa Browns have always been good egg layers and my Rocks seem to be very sensitive and small changes to the coop will stop them from laying for a time. Im posting because one of my Isa Browns has started to have very...
I was given this chicken by a friend because I already have a small flock, he doesnt know what breed or gender. Any and all opinions are greatly appreciated.
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Thanks for sending me that post. I read it over, from the guidance given in the post I am not certain that its an issue with her crop. It's not impacted from what I can tell. She is still pretty down today and has pooped a few times but I'm still not sure why she isn't eating much.
Yeah I used a qtip to get some of the food out of her mouth, its definitely her feed, she did spit a little bit of it up after I did that but not much.
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First-time chicken owner, I bought four hens a little more than a week ago and have one hen that's not doing well. When she first arrived she was doing well, eating, very alert, seemed pretty normal, but her condition started to worsen after a couple of days. She has been very lethargic...