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  1. C

    Abdominal fat in old layers

    I just culled four birds that were no longer laying, and I am wondering to what extent their abdominal fat played into it. A friend gave them to me- they had come from a stationary coop/run and were put into my mobile coop/run. They were feeding them twice a day, it sounded like, and I'm in the...
  2. kaylapohovich

    Silver Laced Wyandotte, 9 months old, hasn't started laying yet.. why?

    Hello All, I am a first year chicken owner with a flock of 9 goofy 9 month old girls. 8 of my girls are laying and have been for a few months now. My Silver Laced Wyandotte however, Thelma, has never laid a single egg and I don't know why. Any ideas? She has finished her adolescent molt, she is...
  3. R

    My flock is a mess...

    So basically I live in a small town and are only allowed to have 6 chickens with my current permit (hopefully I will have get a permit for a couple more). I have a rhode island red, a black sumatra, two black minorcas, a barred rock, and a barred rock cochin. I originally had three black...
  4. littlefarmgirl9

    EE hen doesn't lay anymore?

    I have seven chickens, two of which are Easter Eggers. One of them, Tiger, seems to have stopped laying. She is only two years old as of this past May, but we haven't gotten two blue eggs in a day for about six months. Also, she didn't molt last fall and she is molting super lightly this year...
  5. chickbee

    Probiotic Substitute - Sick chicken

    Short Question: I have a sick chicken who saw a vet today who told me to get probiotics. Our local feed store was out and won't get any for another 4-5days. Is there any brand/type I can get at Walmart or elsewhere (that may even be for humans) that someone can recommend? Also read maybe Greek...
  6. moogooch

    A brooder, several eaters, no laying

    I have five chickens, 3 Dominiques and 2 Buff Cochins, about 18 months old. Right now, one of the Cochins is broody, and has been for at least a month. She stills lays, but is the only one. The others have not been laying for the past month. I also have several egg eaters. I think the...
  7. T

    Hen not laying for a month, has dirty bottom and now limping.

    We have a one year old New Hampshire Red who stopped laying about a month ago. We then noticed she had a poopy bottom, so we gave her an epsom salt bath and cleaned her bottom. We also gave her some yogurt and we put apple cider vinegar in the chickens waterer. But then today, about a week after...
  8. Chickenangel433

    Newbie 1-2yrs of 8 various breeds

    I just got my 8 hens last fall 3 pullets just started laying this summer. I get white/brown/green/blueish eggs but production has gone way down from 4-6@day to 1-3@day. My small old English blue is brooding but doesn't even lay. 2are molting. My main concern is for my New Hampshire red. She's...
  9. chnn90

    How can I tell if my duck is being picked on by my other ducks?

    So I have four ducks (all female) and recently I've noticed that three of them have been picking on one of them. They've been nipping at her and she's always in the back of the group when they move around. She's usually outside of the group when they forage too. She also hasn't been laying (we...
    • chnn90
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    • ducks ducks health exiled health help is my duck being picked on is my duck sick loss of feathers not laying question
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    • Forum: Ducks
  10. chnn90

    How can I tell if my duck is being picked my other ducks?

    So I have four ducks (all female) and recently I've noticed that three of them have been picking on one of them. They've been nipping at her and she's always in the back of the group when they move around. She's usually outside of the group when they forage too. She also hasn't been laying (we...
    • chnn90
    • Thread
    • ducks ducks health exiled health help is my duck being picked on is my duck sick loss of feathers not laying question
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. Elsi

    HELP!!!! My hens quit laying 2 months ago

    We have approx 100 hens, Rhode Island Reds, Production reds, and some white leghorn. We started with 30 and then added about 70 more to our flock back in March, ages between 8 months and 18 months, they were laying up to 50 eggs a day during spring but end of June they all quit laying, I mean...
  12. jlopez12

    Chicken staying in nesting box but not laying

    Hello, For the past 3 days my Black Australorp has been acting strange in her behavior and physical appearance. She lays in the nesting box for the entire day but is not laying eggs. I thought she was becoming broody as I experienced with my Rhode Island Reds, but with my Reds I was able to...
  13. Maddyluvschickens

    Does My Chicken Have Egg Binding?

    Hello, I have a Barnevelder who is about a year. I haven't seen her lay an egg for a while now, and a few days ago I felt under her stomach for an egg and I think I felt one. I waited to see if she was just taking longer than normal to lay her egg, but she didn't lay one. And today she was in...
  14. chickenlover chickencrazy

    Depressed and Grieving Hen

    Help! My chicken, Lavender, is struggling after her "mother" and "best-friend" died. Lavender is a silkie hen, about 1 to 1 1/2 years old, laying frequently (every day). We had an ill Rhode Island Red hen that was her "carer" in a way - they were always together. She got an impacted crop and...
  15. virginia bear

    Calcium issues

    Hi everyone! I've had my sweet flock since last March (4 girls: dominique, buff orpington, australorpe and an ameraucana). The dom, buff, and australorpe are happy, healthy, and great egg layers. Heres my problem: the Ameraucana (about year and 1/2 old) now lays one very thin-shelled egg MAYBE...
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    • ameraucana calcium diet free range not laying organic organic farming organic non-gmo layer feed soft shelled eggs
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  16. Princess Fluffybutt

    Hens not laying

    Hi everyone! I have 3 hens that have stopped laying they are around 2 years old. They free range all day they appear to be healthy and happy, but haven't layed for months! They stopped when the weather changed we are in winter I live in Qld Australia, they have been though a molt, they get feed...
  17. MerrieC

    Golden Wyandotte stopped laying, won't leave nesting box

    i have a Golden Wyandotte that's been laying fine until about 3 weeks ago. Now she sits on an empty nest until I move her. We live in central Florida so it's hot and humid. We have 5 chickens all different types. We had a rooster but had to get rid of him due to local ordinances. She was laying...
  18. Wilmer Gehman

    Chickens not laying eggs

    Help!I have a flock of 20 hens and 1 rooster.(I also have 3 chicks.) Well, even though this time of year is when most chickens are laying lots of eggs, mine are barely laying anything! We get from 9 to 13 eggs a day even though I have 20 full grown hens. They get free ranging one or two times a...
  19. RachRed

    Chickens not laying!

    Hello! Out of my flock of 5 hens, only one is laying! One is raising chicks, so she gets a pass, but I don't know why my other 3 have completely quite laying!? They are around 3 years old. They free range and have a big clean coop and a nice roo. They appear to be healthy and happy, but haven't...
  20. bakern

    Two hens not laying but vent looks inflammed

    Hi I have five hens, two are very old now and don't lay often at all and one is laying perfectly but the two others have stopped totally in the last 10 days. They're not broody, we haven't made any big changes to anything but they won't lay. Today I examined their vents and pulled a long white...
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