4 eggs this morning and my 2nd hen is in the nesting box now!? Nest was empty this morning, I placed a marked egg in it because one hen has been on meds. 😲
Thanks. I also considered the feed. It's a layer feed that I assume is well balanced as it states? We did not have oyster shell out for them to help themselves until a few weeks ago. It is of uniform particles. My guess is that we weren't giving them proper nutrition or there is a genetic...
After 3 weeks, we found that Daisy had passed overnight in the Coop. We are very sad as we had grown very fond of her. Death came unannounced as she gave no indication things were turning for the worse yesterday.
We are also very distressed that a second hen is now egg bound and has been in her...
We currently dealt with an egg-bound hen over the weekend. She actually had two. 1 passed but the second was very large according to X-ray. I gave her multiple Epsom Salt baths over the weekend. On Saturday she passed the contents of the egg, but no shell which is currently still inside her. We...
KiKi, we feed them Praire's Choice Non-GMO backyard Layer feed, plus daily scratch (MannaPro). I'm not sure of her weight, but she's bigger than the other two..
Thank you, and yes she is on an antibiotic..Clavamox. So it's possible there are still shell fragments inside even though I did not see any with the contents that were expelled?
New Chicken owners. We have three 10-month-old buff Orpingtons. They all started laying last November and have laid on a regular basis with no problems. Over the past couple weeks, we have found 2 random eggs outside of the nesting box. We have 3 nesting boxes, but the girls like to share the...