Woodswoman
In the Brooder
- Feb 24, 2023
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About every other day one of my six hens, two Rhode Island Reds and four Jersy Black Giants, will have trouble standing up, when laying down their legs stick out sideways to the side and claws are curled under. When they do stand they wobble forward and backward. At first I thought this was because they were injured by the rooster, but now it seems to be associated with egg laying. Every time one of them gets this way basically has trouble standing and even eating, beaks don't want to open enough, the egg comes out soft. When they don't have this trouble they have normal hard eggs. It still could have been an injury from the rooster, he's a big Rhode Island Red but I am not sure what to do. The hen that gets this way usually takes a whole day to lay the egg, then after laying it recovers fairly quickly. The hens are not even a year old yet. Thank you