One tough girl!
I suspect that Rose has become an internal layer, poor girl. After her egg quality began going downhill she quit laying for about 1 mo. She quit eating, sat in a dark corner w/tail down so I put her in a dog crate w/heat lamp on her. This gave her a chance to have her sisters visit her yet allowed her some space so some of the more rowdy girls didn't overwhelm her during snack time etc. A week later she was still with us and had begun eating pretty well but she still seemed very weak and I noticed she had a really dried poopy butt. Brought her in and gave her a nice super warm soak. She loved it, though I think she was a bit worried that I was planning on eating her.
Blow dried her off and kept her in for about 4hrs. then put her back out into the dog crate. Next day she asked to be let out when I went to give her snacks so I let her out and checked on her a few times during the day.
Over the next few days she gained strength and today she's been running about eating and competing for snacks like her old self. I don't expect she's out of the woods yet esp. if she has become an internal layer but still . . . . .
GO ROSE!!!!!
I suspect that Rose has become an internal layer, poor girl. After her egg quality began going downhill she quit laying for about 1 mo. She quit eating, sat in a dark corner w/tail down so I put her in a dog crate w/heat lamp on her. This gave her a chance to have her sisters visit her yet allowed her some space so some of the more rowdy girls didn't overwhelm her during snack time etc. A week later she was still with us and had begun eating pretty well but she still seemed very weak and I noticed she had a really dried poopy butt. Brought her in and gave her a nice super warm soak. She loved it, though I think she was a bit worried that I was planning on eating her.
Over the next few days she gained strength and today she's been running about eating and competing for snacks like her old self. I don't expect she's out of the woods yet esp. if she has become an internal layer but still . . . . .
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