Sit'n on the porch

[ShrekDawg]

I agree! with this new set of 4 chicks I got, I also bought a rooster. I hope he is as good as the hens.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/leghorns-have-been-the-easiest-chickens.1254494/page-27

Aw hopefully he is!

 

[BY Bob]

Everyone Ready for bed

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They are really hanging out together aren't they.

You have done a great job bringing them together.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

They are really hanging out together aren't they.

You have done a great job bringing them together.

Thank you Bob,
I do have an issue with one of the big hens- she did poop last evening, in the nesting box - it was green, so I t could just be broody poo- she just want to STAND in the box,

I make her get out when I go out there,


and she just stands


her comb looks ok
she has no [poo in her feathers which tells me she hasent pooped all day, her crop feels like stuff is in it, it is not smushy, her breath dosnt smell, ( so I dont think sour crop) , she doesnt want to eat or drink-- HMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Maybe she is just broody?

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you Bob,
I do have an issue with one of the big hens- she did poop last evening, in the nesting box - it was green, so I t could just be broody poo- she just want to STAND in the box,
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I make her get out when I go out there,
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and she just stands
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her comb looks ok
she has no [poo in her feathers which tells me she hasent pooped all day, her crop feels like stuff is in it, it is not smushy, her breath dosnt smell, ( so I dont think sour crop) , she doesnt want to eat or drink-- HMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Maybe she is just broody?

I don't like it when chickens, especially leghorns, droop their tail. I will give them a day or two to work it out on their own. Sometimes they eat something funny.

I would check her crop at bed time and then see how she is tomorrow. This is not something to ignore but give her a moment to fix herself.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I don't like it when chickens, especially leghorns, droop their tail. I will give them a day or two to work it out on their own. Sometimes they eat something funny.

I would check her crop at bed time and then see how she is tomorrow. This is not something to ignore but give her a moment to fix herself.

Bob, you are so right,, I took the dogs out at 7 p.m.,, I counted the hens in the run, 3, BUT OH look ,, one more by the water jug. she was drinking up , I finished with the dogs and she was still there. I came back in to finish up in the kitchen and went out again at 15 after,, WOOhoo she was still drinking. Now! I hope she poops and doesnt drown herself.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I don't like it when chickens, especially leghorns, droop their tail. I will give them a day or two to work it out on their own. Sometimes they eat something funny.

I would check her crop at bed time and then see how she is tomorrow. This is not something to ignore but give her a moment to fix herself.

Well I said goodnight to the hens, set superflopy in a nesting box so she would be warm and comfortable over night. and this morning I went out at 5:15, opened the coop door, and there her head hung, laying stiff out of the nesting box, her comb was dark,, Floppy was gone.

 

[BY Bob]

Well I said goodnight to the hens, set superflopy in a nesting box so she would be warm and comfortable over night. and this morning I went out at 5:15, opened the coop door, and there her head hung, laying stiff out of the nesting box, her comb was dark,, Floppy was gone.

I'm so sorry. I wish i could have told you something more helpful. I'm so sad.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I'm so sorry. I wish i could have told you something more helpful. I'm so sad.

I dont think there was much to do for her, she tried, but went to sleep, she was weak and tired.

 

[BY Bob]

I dont think there was much to do for her, she tried, but went to sleep, she was weak and tired.

I believe that you are right but it still makes me sad. I`m sure it helps that you have new ladies coming along nicely.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

All is well in our foggy morning world this morning. The sun will be out in full later. the almost 8 week old little rooster crowed for the first time this morning.