Hello,
Our 2 yr old Speckled Sussux has dialated pupils and is very inactive. Plus, she has not laid in 3 days. Egg bound? The other hens in the flock are all doing great.
Last week we had 100 temps, and she was fine. This week temperature is back to normal.
Ideas? Thanks for your time.
- Mark
Hello from South Carolina!
We are have recently become owners of a small flock (3 total: Easter Egger, Barred Rock, and Speckled Sussex). At the moment, we are 'stealth' chickening as chickens are not permitted within city limits here. (A long-term goal of mine is to change this ordinance!) As a...
Gaming cocks have their combs cut off...it doesn't effect their steriltiy as the winners are become breeding 'studs'. The damage to the comb doesn't hurt the roosters after it heals. (Source: The Chicken Book, authors Smith and Daniel, pub. Little Brown.)
What I have found in researching is...
Ours have spent the last two nights in the coop, temps in the low 40s. They have been fine! Each morning, they great me with a chorus of cheep, cheep...perhaps chicken talk for 'Enough with the camping trip, we want in!'
Great! We have four Red Stars that are six weeks old who will be sleeping out for the first time this week. Our temps (in South Carolina) aren't nearly as polar as yours, not to mention your snow fall.