hen has not layed an egg in a looooog time, please help!

[lilahloo123]

maybe just winter months

, probably nothing serious

, good luck!

 

[teach1rusl]

Roxy - the egg tract issue I mentioned - I really can't tell you much. When young/new layers lay a soft shelled or jello egg, it's generally just the egg organs working the kinks out. But when those same issues happen with older birds, we become more concerned. If it's just every once in a blue moon, no big deal...just put down to a fluke. But as humans can become sterile due to various organ issues, so can chickens and other animals. Because your girl hasn't laid since summer (when days were still long), I'd suspect a permanent problem with her i"nternal lady parts"...lol. If she's just a pet, not a big deal. Folks who want layers primarily for eggs would probably put her in the stew pot. But who knows, maybe she'll resume in the spring???

mcj - sorry about your chicken issues... Depending on how many hens you have, going from 3 eggs to 1 egg a day is not bad for this time of year. Between molting hens and the short days (I don't supplement light), my four LF girls are only giving me one big egg a day. Thankfully my little bantam girls are still going strong...

 

[roxyblue]

Thank you teach1rusl!
i have the best pet chickens i could ask for, and she is the head of the pecking order to, there is no way I could get rid of her.

thank you more describing those, I had to reach my finger into her vent and scoopo out what i could get, I don't think i messed anything up, but incase i did, I AM SO SORRY GLORIA.
thanks again everyone,
-roxyblue

 

[roxyblue]

is there something i can do to possibly get her back in the program?
thanks

 

[roxyblue]

what do you think could have gone wrong "inside"/

 

[mcjessen]

Quote:
I picked up some Duramycin-10 at the feed store. Gave a dose to everybody this evening. I had to "force-water" my isolated BO. She now has labored breathing. I'll be surprised if she's still alive in the a.m. I don't know what else to do for her. I'm sad and worried about her but short of taking her to the vet, it's just wait and see. You're a braver person that I am. I don't think I could stick my finger in her vent just to make sure nothing was wrong. Guess I better buck up though. I'm sure I'll have to do it to one of them soon or later.

teach - I have three girls. Three eggs a day down to one.

 

[roxyblue]

Hello mcjessen,
I am so sorry to here about your poor girl! I've lost four of six this year, when the first one died (Daisy)i got a SLW named Maybell that I didn't know was already sick, when she deid i got a BA chick and a polish chick (who turned out to be a rooster so he had to go...

) When I was away camping for the night one of my neighbers was supposed to be whatching them, dum raccoon got in and stole her away

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I'm not brave I am desperate, I'll do what i have to do if it will help my girlies I love them so much

I hope she gets better....
best wishes
-roxyblue