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    Newly Laying Hen Acting Off

    8/25/25 - She is the about the same this morning. Eating a bit and drinking. i took 2 pictures of her poop. I know there is a wide range of what normal droppings are like (I've been referencing this https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0) but I'm not sure about the first pic...
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    Newly Laying Hen Acting Off

    Thank you! I think at first I was so afraid of her not eating anything especially since she's on the thinner side, and declining rapidly that I tried a bunch of food. She is eating her feed now, not a ton, but definitely improving. Good to know about eating their own soft eggs. That is the...
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    Newly Laying Hen Acting Off

    A little update in case this can help someone else. 8/22/25 I put her outside in an enclosure and she started eating grass, clovers and dandelion. Didn't touch any other food offered but at least it was an improvement over the previous day where all she did was just stand. I gave her calcium...
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    Newly Laying Hen Acting Off

    I checked her crop this morning. I couldn't feel anything. She feels very thin. She is still not eating. This is how she is standing and her poop this morning.
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    Newly Laying Hen Acting Off

    Thank you. I'll try adding water to her feed. I felt her crop this morning and it felt normal. These are my first chicken so I dont have a lot of experience with ill chickens but I didn't feel any lumps or hard spots in the crop area. I'll check again tomorrow. Would giving her calcium citrate...
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    Newly Laying Hen Acting Off

    I have a 25-week old olive egger that has been acting off for the past 4 days. She was much slower to develop than her flockmates and started laying on 8/10/25. On 8/18 she laid a soft egg right out in the open (she normally lays in nesting box) and immediately gobbled it down. Since then, she...
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