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i_only_listen_to_dgd
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- Dec 21, 2021
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Hmm, those two could be going broody and wanting to hatch chicks. When the one hen makes that noise, does she puff up her feathers? When one of my broody hens is walking around, she makes a hissing/screaming noise and puffs all of her feathers up if anyone comes close to her.
It sounds like they have enough room, almost 15 sq. ft. per hen. Is it fully enclosed, or more of a coop/run setup?
They may need more calcium in their diet if you're constantly getting soft-shelled eggs. Do you give them oyster shells? You can free feed them, and they'll eat as much or as little as they need.
She seems to not be making those screams anymore... Some of her feathers are growing back, but she still continues to lose more patches of feathers on her head. She is also quite pale now. She was pale one day, red earlobes, face, and comb again the next, and now she is all pale again today. She looks sick, but doesn't act like it. Her crop, and a few of the others, has also lost a lot of feathers. Egg production has gone down to 3 in a day, but they are normal. Still seeing no sign of worms but am again worried about that possibility. They all seem to be acting normal. I don't give them oyster shells actually, I use some of the baked egg shells that we use for the garden in their feed. Is that enough? From time to time I feed them scrambled eggs but not often at all. They get leftover rice and sliced bread sometimes. That is about all their diet consists of. Is it normal to go pale when molting? Could it be the heat? Maybe I should try a dewormer?Lots of chickens do scream like that if their eggs are being taken, especially if they're about to go through, or are, Broody. Does she ever scream apart from the laying box?