- May 27, 2010
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I'm pretty sure it's the same hen causing all the problems. Here are the stats:
- A little over a year old laying hen. We've had her about 3+ months and she laid beautiful eggs up until a month ago.
- Hens are fed laying pellets, scratch, oyster shell and occasionally garden and veggie scraps.
- She's the only one of 5 laying hens that is not laying. They are all the same breed and from the same breeder.
- I checked her vent and it is moist, pliable and looks as though she is laying.
- We isolated her in a dog kennel to make sure she IS the one that is not laying.
- I thought she was getting to masculine (pecking at my toes, the other hens [but not trying to breed with them], chases the smaller chicks etc) so we got a rooster but he's only about a month old so maybe not enough time yet?
- I do not think she is brooding. She does like to dirt bathe but other than that she never goes to the nesting box.
- I can't find any place where she could be hiding eggs. We do occasionally find an egg in the run, though.
- I've checked for lice and mites. None.
- If it is a nutritional thing, why does it not effect the other hens as they are all fed the same thing.
We normally get 4 eggs a day from the 5 girls since the one is not laying. My son gathers eggs before school and got two this AM, When this photo was taken there are two more beautiful eggs, so we got our normal 4 eggs today plus whatever this is with them. Warning.. it's gross looking..
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4644909815_7c48c4c06a.jpg
What is going on with my girl??
ETA her photo. She looks healthy on the outside!
- A little over a year old laying hen. We've had her about 3+ months and she laid beautiful eggs up until a month ago.
- Hens are fed laying pellets, scratch, oyster shell and occasionally garden and veggie scraps.
- She's the only one of 5 laying hens that is not laying. They are all the same breed and from the same breeder.
- I checked her vent and it is moist, pliable and looks as though she is laying.
- We isolated her in a dog kennel to make sure she IS the one that is not laying.
- I thought she was getting to masculine (pecking at my toes, the other hens [but not trying to breed with them], chases the smaller chicks etc) so we got a rooster but he's only about a month old so maybe not enough time yet?
- I do not think she is brooding. She does like to dirt bathe but other than that she never goes to the nesting box.
- I can't find any place where she could be hiding eggs. We do occasionally find an egg in the run, though.
- I've checked for lice and mites. None.
- If it is a nutritional thing, why does it not effect the other hens as they are all fed the same thing.
We normally get 4 eggs a day from the 5 girls since the one is not laying. My son gathers eggs before school and got two this AM, When this photo was taken there are two more beautiful eggs, so we got our normal 4 eggs today plus whatever this is with them. Warning.. it's gross looking..
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4644909815_7c48c4c06a.jpg
What is going on with my girl??
ETA her photo. She looks healthy on the outside!
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