Hi all, about 3-4 weeks ago, 1 of my Hens a BarredRock/Sussex, stopped laying eggs, was distressed, and I initially thought she was egg bound. I gave her a bath, used a syringe, injected olive oil into her vent, she seemed weak and sick for about a day or so.
Since then she eats,plays and runs around just fine.
But hse has this whitish crud hanging off her bottom and her tail feathers are messed up. I do not think this is a molt, but who knows.
I bought her in early June, My flock is bantams, she came with her sister, they were supposedly about a year old.
My roosters have not roughed them up, infact they have not veen tried to mount either, the eggs so far are not fertile, at least the eggs from the sister hen the past few weeks. Here is a pic, any ideas, did I get duped, is this an old Hen perhaps?....

Since then she eats,plays and runs around just fine.
But hse has this whitish crud hanging off her bottom and her tail feathers are messed up. I do not think this is a molt, but who knows.
I bought her in early June, My flock is bantams, she came with her sister, they were supposedly about a year old.
My roosters have not roughed them up, infact they have not veen tried to mount either, the eggs so far are not fertile, at least the eggs from the sister hen the past few weeks. Here is a pic, any ideas, did I get duped, is this an old Hen perhaps?....