youngbirdmom
Chirping
- Jun 17, 2021
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So I have my first lavender hen. I got her as a chick from TSC back in June. Lately she has been molting like crazy, way more than the other girls I got around the same time. It honestly looks like something killed another lavender out there because there are just so many feathers.
She also is not roosting. She hasn’t been jumping up and has decided to sleep near the heater or in a nesting box. A couple weeks ago she tried jumping up on the ramp to get into the coop and missed twice, just not jumping high enough, and just lost all her confidence in jumping. She still walks and runs fine and flies around. She will walk up the sticks we have in the chicken run to get to the roosting branches but is just not jumping. I’ve had a large hen before but this has never happened.
I have tried vitamins and electrolytes. She’s growing up to be a big healthy bird on the outside otherwise. Is the excessive molting normal for this breed? Has anyone else's hen sworn off jumping to roosts?
She also is not roosting. She hasn’t been jumping up and has decided to sleep near the heater or in a nesting box. A couple weeks ago she tried jumping up on the ramp to get into the coop and missed twice, just not jumping high enough, and just lost all her confidence in jumping. She still walks and runs fine and flies around. She will walk up the sticks we have in the chicken run to get to the roosting branches but is just not jumping. I’ve had a large hen before but this has never happened.
I have tried vitamins and electrolytes. She’s growing up to be a big healthy bird on the outside otherwise. Is the excessive molting normal for this breed? Has anyone else's hen sworn off jumping to roosts?