My hen is 4-5yrs old, an RIR bantam, still lays almost every day unless moulting.
She's always been a skinny bird, but recently I noticed she's extra thin even for her.
She still acts normally and is top of the pecking order. They are regularly wormed (half the reason why I noticed she was thin because I weigh them when worming them). The other two hens are 2yrs and 1yr old and they're still a good weight. They eat layer pellets, some scraps and free range.
I'm wondering whether the nutrtional needs change as they get older. Her eggs did go a little soft for a while but we sorted that out, they still look slightly balooned though. I thought of perhaps buying some broiler food to feed her in the morning when they first come out would help her put on some weight?
She's always been a skinny bird, but recently I noticed she's extra thin even for her.
She still acts normally and is top of the pecking order. They are regularly wormed (half the reason why I noticed she was thin because I weigh them when worming them). The other two hens are 2yrs and 1yr old and they're still a good weight. They eat layer pellets, some scraps and free range.
I'm wondering whether the nutrtional needs change as they get older. Her eggs did go a little soft for a while but we sorted that out, they still look slightly balooned though. I thought of perhaps buying some broiler food to feed her in the morning when they first come out would help her put on some weight?
