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Any ideas? I checked on her again this morning - she is not broody (yay!), and the strange texture I felt on her underside last night is just... dirt! Maaaan she's so dirty down there :th Not poopy, just looks like she got wet/muddy at some point and her feathers dried up clumpy. You can't tell...

I talked to her breeder. He said that he hasn't noticed any of his birds getting overweight (I was wondering if it might be genetic). He said that he checks them by just feeling for the keel bone. I'm still not convinced that the keel bone is a good metric though.... I found a discussion here on...

Hmm... How can I tell if she’s too fat then?

It’s it the first post 😜 They are 8 months old. Way past the bony teenager stage.

P.S. I've been looking up and reading about how to check if your chicken is overweight, underweight or normal weight. I read that if you can pinch the keel bone between your fingers, the chicken is underweight, and if you feel cleavage, it's overweight. With my Orps, not only can I pinch the...

I just went and examined all the chickens. The Orpingtons seem to be more fluff than substance, though they are definitely not skinny. All three of them have a very prominent, bony keel that's sticking out enough that I can grab it with my hand before I get to the meat. The Barnevelders feel a...

I give them about 2 spoons of black oil sunflower seeds split between the 5 of them every day, for vitamin E because one of them has mild wry neck. Other than that, they get some scratch maybe once a week. No other treats. I know Orps are prone to obesity so I'm always afraid to give them...

That's a very useful chart, thanks! I'll examine her later today and report.

One of my English Orpingtons does this very disturbing-looking heavy breathing when she's sleeping. Her whole body is rocking. None of the others breathe like that. Is this a sign of a problem? Here's what it looks like: For context - she's 8 months old and has been doing this for months...