PhantomSlayer
Songster
(Older picture) Our EE Goldy (The girl in the back by the chicken door) Has had an odd change in behavior. I'm trying not to concern myself to much since she doesnt seem "sick" but it brought up some questions about the change.
First off I feel like I haven't seen any of her bluish green eggs in the past month. (We don't keep their eggs I feed them back to them.) I know its winter here and we just got a snowstorm so she may just be done laying for now. But we are strangely getting a very light colored tan egg thats almost white every once in a while. And our breeds aside from her are only buff orpingtons, black australorps, gold lace wyandotte and a light brahma. I heard its very rare for chickens to change the color of her eggs but is it possible? Or is it possible that our light brahma is just now laying eggs. I've never actually been able to catch the brahma right off the nesting box I've only finally caught her on the nesting box once two weeks ago but she was laying on a couple brown eggs so not to sure if she could be the light colored egg layer or not.
Aside from not seeing her egg color in a while. With the snow storm I was going out multiple times a day to refresh water but Goldy would resist harshly going outside to even eat.. She was never that friendly but she acts more like a raptor out of any of them now. I guess you can say she acts like its the end of the world when I try going near her. Before she would just keep her distance but now shes really noisy and freaking out when I go near running to the corners. Does winter laying stopping change behaviors?
Yesterday during feeding she finally came out but it seems that our gold lace wyandotte and the brahma went to peck her when she tried to eat with them which brought about the possibility. Maybe her role in the pecking order has changed and now shes at the very bottom? I always thought our runt was bottom of the pecking order is our white leg tag black australorp in the picture. The one with two different size wattles and staring toward the camera lol But anyways. Thoughts on the behavior change?
Change in pecking order? Or could it be a laying/weather change or perhaps a health change?
I don't know how pecking order works very well but if I had to assume something thats more likely with the behavior change is maybe because shes stopped laying their pushing her out which is making her anxious and causing her to act less confident and scared. But this is our first winter with chickens so I was hoping to get more experienced opinions on if I'm right or if I should be watching for anything specific about her change.
If it helps theres been a change in sleeping habits as well. She now joins the brahma and the runt on the other side of the coop on the nesting box. She used to sleep wherever our rooster was.
Shes a pretty girl. I just wish her personality was a little more friendly lol. I call her one of our problem chickens. Shes almost always the one to remain outside the coop after free range time. She wont go in for normal food only bird seed XD
Incase of wondering. The buff orpington in front with the yellow leg tag is our friendly girl Rosemary. She was being little miss nosey and I have several other pictures of her being at the front like that blocking the view lol.
First off I feel like I haven't seen any of her bluish green eggs in the past month. (We don't keep their eggs I feed them back to them.) I know its winter here and we just got a snowstorm so she may just be done laying for now. But we are strangely getting a very light colored tan egg thats almost white every once in a while. And our breeds aside from her are only buff orpingtons, black australorps, gold lace wyandotte and a light brahma. I heard its very rare for chickens to change the color of her eggs but is it possible? Or is it possible that our light brahma is just now laying eggs. I've never actually been able to catch the brahma right off the nesting box I've only finally caught her on the nesting box once two weeks ago but she was laying on a couple brown eggs so not to sure if she could be the light colored egg layer or not.
Aside from not seeing her egg color in a while. With the snow storm I was going out multiple times a day to refresh water but Goldy would resist harshly going outside to even eat.. She was never that friendly but she acts more like a raptor out of any of them now. I guess you can say she acts like its the end of the world when I try going near her. Before she would just keep her distance but now shes really noisy and freaking out when I go near running to the corners. Does winter laying stopping change behaviors?
Yesterday during feeding she finally came out but it seems that our gold lace wyandotte and the brahma went to peck her when she tried to eat with them which brought about the possibility. Maybe her role in the pecking order has changed and now shes at the very bottom? I always thought our runt was bottom of the pecking order is our white leg tag black australorp in the picture. The one with two different size wattles and staring toward the camera lol But anyways. Thoughts on the behavior change?
Change in pecking order? Or could it be a laying/weather change or perhaps a health change?
I don't know how pecking order works very well but if I had to assume something thats more likely with the behavior change is maybe because shes stopped laying their pushing her out which is making her anxious and causing her to act less confident and scared. But this is our first winter with chickens so I was hoping to get more experienced opinions on if I'm right or if I should be watching for anything specific about her change.
If it helps theres been a change in sleeping habits as well. She now joins the brahma and the runt on the other side of the coop on the nesting box. She used to sleep wherever our rooster was.
Shes a pretty girl. I just wish her personality was a little more friendly lol. I call her one of our problem chickens. Shes almost always the one to remain outside the coop after free range time. She wont go in for normal food only bird seed XD
Incase of wondering. The buff orpington in front with the yellow leg tag is our friendly girl Rosemary. She was being little miss nosey and I have several other pictures of her being at the front like that blocking the view lol.