My poor chicken is really not doing well. About a month ago she quit going up to roost in the coop, she would only sleep on the floor of the coop. She has been shedding feathers and losing weight. Tonight she is making these very strange guttural sounds, when we went to check her out she was...
I have a friend that acquired 3 5-month old orpingtons back in September. He assumed they would start laying but they have not. He's feeding them laying mash and they are in a very nice backyard and coop - no dogs bothering them. Does anyone know why they wouldn't be laying??
Thanks in advance.