- Jun 1, 2010
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I will give you the info I have...I haven't personally been out to see her this AM b/c i'm suffering from morning sickness and a migraine, but my mother in law has. I'll be on my way out to see her in a minute.
Rhode Island Red hen a little over a year old, has only been laying eggs for about 2-3 months. This morning my mother in law found her "sitting" out in the coop yard in a corner by herself. She's normally happy to see us and comes up to the fence for us to put greens in the pen (we pick grass and such and put in the coop as we don't let them free range due to hawks being bad). She stood up but wouldn't walk around like normal. we have 2 hens and 6 2 month old chicks in the same pen. yesterday she did not lay, but we did find an egg with just a membrane laying on the ground outside the coop. She did take a couple of sips of water but went back to being very lethargic. I'm on my way out there in a few minutes. we normally feed her a mix of laying pellets, mixed scratch grain and table scraps such as apple cores, potato peels and yesterday some watermelon rinds got thrown out there as well. they get fresh water daily. Should I use any precautions considering i'm pregnant? thanks for your help, also if you ask me to check something, please be specific as to what it is and where it is located, these are my first chickens and I'm not familiar yet with all the terms.
Rhode Island Red hen a little over a year old, has only been laying eggs for about 2-3 months. This morning my mother in law found her "sitting" out in the coop yard in a corner by herself. She's normally happy to see us and comes up to the fence for us to put greens in the pen (we pick grass and such and put in the coop as we don't let them free range due to hawks being bad). She stood up but wouldn't walk around like normal. we have 2 hens and 6 2 month old chicks in the same pen. yesterday she did not lay, but we did find an egg with just a membrane laying on the ground outside the coop. She did take a couple of sips of water but went back to being very lethargic. I'm on my way out there in a few minutes. we normally feed her a mix of laying pellets, mixed scratch grain and table scraps such as apple cores, potato peels and yesterday some watermelon rinds got thrown out there as well. they get fresh water daily. Should I use any precautions considering i'm pregnant? thanks for your help, also if you ask me to check something, please be specific as to what it is and where it is located, these are my first chickens and I'm not familiar yet with all the terms.