ReelFaster
Songster
So 5 weeks ago I purchased 3 chickens from a farm locally (another from a local women). Being mid Feb I didn't expect them to lay much, however I was getting eggs here and there. Past 2 weeks they've really picked up laying, except for one, I suspect she's never laid once with me.
Now this particular hen (Buff Orpington) has always been standoffish since I got her, she is mostly off to the side. She eats, drinks and is pooping just fine (more on that in a bit). When I give them a few treats, she tries to get some and does but is always in the back behind the other 3. She is bullied and picked on by 2 of them, not terrible but noticeable. She walks much more reserved and calculated. She will not eat out of my hand like the others, she is gentle and docile when I try and pick her up, she does not fight or run much at all and submits. Others seem much more curious and full of energy. When I let them out to free range she is always way way way behind barely comes out of the run, when she does, she is always by herself doing her own thing, very slow and calculated.
Complicated Part: Last week she had a sour crop 100% for sure. I was able to get her to expel it 2x and have treated with monistat for 7 days. I checked her crop almost every morning and it's been empty since doing the expulsion, she's doing much better.
Just looking at her she looks older, or maybe just worn or sick. Her legs are huge, looks like dinosaur legs. Her nails are by far the biggest of any of them, very long. Her comb about 3-4 weeks ago was faded a bit, gotten a little reder but weather has gotten much warmer. I am thinking I was sold an older non laying hen. I've never ever seen her in the box. I've witnessed other 3 many many times in the box. I know there is really no way to confirm her age. I feel bad for her but at same time feel a little slighted.
Now this particular hen (Buff Orpington) has always been standoffish since I got her, she is mostly off to the side. She eats, drinks and is pooping just fine (more on that in a bit). When I give them a few treats, she tries to get some and does but is always in the back behind the other 3. She is bullied and picked on by 2 of them, not terrible but noticeable. She walks much more reserved and calculated. She will not eat out of my hand like the others, she is gentle and docile when I try and pick her up, she does not fight or run much at all and submits. Others seem much more curious and full of energy. When I let them out to free range she is always way way way behind barely comes out of the run, when she does, she is always by herself doing her own thing, very slow and calculated.
Complicated Part: Last week she had a sour crop 100% for sure. I was able to get her to expel it 2x and have treated with monistat for 7 days. I checked her crop almost every morning and it's been empty since doing the expulsion, she's doing much better.
Just looking at her she looks older, or maybe just worn or sick. Her legs are huge, looks like dinosaur legs. Her nails are by far the biggest of any of them, very long. Her comb about 3-4 weeks ago was faded a bit, gotten a little reder but weather has gotten much warmer. I am thinking I was sold an older non laying hen. I've never ever seen her in the box. I've witnessed other 3 many many times in the box. I know there is really no way to confirm her age. I feel bad for her but at same time feel a little slighted.
