I live in RI, Last may i bought 12 RI Red chicks from our local feed store, they grew enormous, they are easily 10 to 12 lb hens, they all began to lay in september than stopped around the first week of November, they all over wintered fine I keep their house and run clean and change their wood...
I have a year old ri red hen her right breast is the size of a small football, it feels like a growth of some sort, she otherwise looks normal and acts healthy running around and such does anyone know what it is and does she need med attn
first one was lying in the opening to the hen house and second was lying in the nest box, no visible injuries, they are 1yr old ri reds, i dissected both to see if there was anything obvious, yes i wore disposable gloves. one hardly had any yokes forming and one had several sacs and a soft shell...