Well coming into the A/C perked her up to being her bossy self again. She is alert and grumpy about being inside. I hope this means she isn't going to have a problem further but I'll have to wait and see. She is two years old and normally lays just fine, though she is not the most productive...
I'm worried about my Cochin, she laid a gooey bloody mess today in the nest box. I've brought her inside, she's panting a lot which is not surprising as its almost 90F outside right now, I'm hoping once she's cooled down a bit it will be easier to see how she is doing.
One of my hens kept laying over winter but the others slowly stopped laying. This last week though one of the others has started laying again, 3 eggs so far but they have all been tiny eggs. It's strange because they all were laying perfectly normal sized eggs before.
Should I be worried if it...
I have not answers for you, I just wanted to comment that my Buff Orpington has also gone from laying nice brown eggs, to eggs so light brown they are practically pink. Their food has not changed and neither has their environment that I am aware of.
Well considering this chicken wont come within 4 ft of me normally even when I have treats, and will normally run to the other side of the chicken run when I come outside, the last 3 days of just sitting there letting me collect the eggs, and give her a pet or two seems like unusual behavior to me.
My newest chicken Bravo appears to be showing some broody behavior. It's not too bad at the moment. She will spend the morning sitting on whatever eggs we have in the nesting box, but once I've come to collect them she will wander out a bit later and join the others. She's pretty well behaved...
She is from a friend of mine, who doesn't remember. She's smaller than my buff Orpington, and has a bit of black in her tail feathers but other wise looks pretty much the same to me. My Orpington lays large light brown eggs, whereas she lays smaller medium brown eggs of a darker color, but not...
She did lay again about a week later. Sadly she had an infection a few weeks after that and didn't respond well to antibiotics. She is no longer with me.
I hope your hen is alright.
I'm so proud of your chickens for the rescue of their flock-mate, and now there is one less predator in the area to worry about. It's so great that the one that was attacked is doing okay as well.
Nice to meet you :) Love the chicken pics, I also tend to take them all the time lol.This would be today's begging shot as the wander up to the back porch for possible treats.