MissChick@dee
~ Dreaming Of Springtime ~
Do they lay?Here are some pictures of my hen if anyone wants to see them. This can happen in a flock with roosters too btw, as you can tell from these pictures-
she is next to the tree behind the log. I noticed that she also stands kinda weird. It is hard to notice in these pictures though because it is cold out and everyone is trying to stay warm.
Here you can see a spur. They are thin and pointed more downwards than rooster spurs. This hen definitely had issues with hormone production, she did not lay until she was a year old and she was much slower growing than the other leghorn hens. Her comb would also slowly develop in bursts and then stop, it is still doing this now even though it has been ages since she first laid.
The original picture was taken on April 16th, when she was just over a year old-
Her spurs and comb grow in bursts and it is noticeable, the comb will stand up overnight and then be flopped again the next morning. She also has trouble with egg production and will go weeks without laying and then suddenly lay multiple eggs in one day. I think she was born deformed because I have been having problems with her since the first week of her life and it is a miracle that she has lived this long.
