Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

More or less. Her comb is very pale but she's stopped laying. Hasn't laid in nearly a year. Whatever the issue was seems to be slowly sorting itself out.

Is she older?

 

[RoyalChick]

I have entirely too many rocks in my yard!
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I don’t think you have too many. They are a feature of the yard. Landscape rocks are all the fashion!

 

[RoyalChick]

Turkey in there too (?)

Yes. I believe so.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yup and they become tame really fast haha

I don't feed them anymore though they get very bossy if you don't have any food for them hahaha

I didn’t know they were easily tamed. I don’t think I will start down that path.

 

[RoyalChick]

Those are kitty

Nah. The kitties are all indoors. It is a fox.

 

[Ponypoor]

Something is Up with Lilly

Check out what she is doing. Part of the time she is a normal chicken and then she just stops and sits like this. She was free ranging like normal a minute before she sat down here.

I am concerned to say the least but she is not leaving her friends and going to roost like Hattie. I will give her tonight but I may need to act tomorrow.

Hmmmm yes all puffed up, is she laying lately?

 

[Ribh]

Is she older?

Yes. She's one of 2 of my original hens. She has always been a very large lady & my lead hen for the past few years.

 

[Ponypoor]

Nah. The kitties are all indoors. It is a fox.

You need one of those trail cams might even see lions and tigers !!

 

[bgmathteach]

Something is Up with Lilly

Check out what she is doing. Part of the time she is a normal chicken and then she just stops and sits like this. She was free ranging like normal a minute before she sat down here.

I am concerned to say the least but she is not leaving her friends and going to roost like Hattie. I will give her tonight but I may need to act tomorrow.

It looks like there is some labored breathing...the amount her body is moving...but she seems calm and isn't acting like she is uncomfortable. ??

So, just a shot in the dark...especially given her age. Could she have PCOS? I had a hen like this. At the end she really had difficulty breathing. At first I thought ascities because the abdomen was a but distended, too...but had not vet to consult & I was terrified of syringing fluid out improperly & hitting an orgam/intestinal track. When she passed I did an informal autopsy. She was FILLED with 23 clear (all but 2) fluid sacs...ranging in size from a pea up to golf ball size! She was 5. (DC) I read after that approx. 20% of hens 5 & up fed non-organic feed will get this. I no longer remember f soy played a role, too, or not. This hen had standard/non-organic feed for the first 2 years of her life. After that I had been feeding organic almost exclusively (I couldn't find a good organic scratch, so that wasn't organic for another year or two,)

I will see if I can find the article again. I had saved it in my browser, but that computer died last spring.

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes. She's one of 2 of my original hens. She has always been a very large lady & my lead hen for the past few years.

Oh dear I sure hope all is ok. You should post a photo of her.