firsttimehenmom
In the Brooder
- Apr 21, 2017
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Hello! I am new to owning chickens, I am a week and a half in! I adopted two hens from a farm. One of the hens was missing most of the feathers on her back from the rooster but the other one is beautifully filled out. They hatched last June. Unfortunately the filled out one was bullying the one missing feathers and pecked quite a large wound in the other so I gave the one back to the farm for now so the other can heel. I ended up finding this site when I was researching what to do with my hen because she hasn't eaten or drank anything in two days now. She just sits in her nest box and stopped laying eggs about 4 days ago. I put water and an apple near her to see if she would peck at it at all and she didn't. She is extremely terrified of humans so whenever I stick my hand in the coop she runs. Today I stuck my hand in there and she ran down to the bottom and I saw her take a few bites of food and a couple sips of water but she ended up going back to her nesting box after only a few minutes. It is colder here today so I don't want to force her to stay down there but I am really worried about her. So that is what brought me to this website so I could see if there was any information on what I should try! I'm excited to learn and hopefully can help this hen out!
Thank you to all the contributors to this site for putting it together and having all these great resources! I am so excited to learn more about chickens!
Thank you to all the contributors to this site for putting it together and having all these great resources! I am so excited to learn more about chickens!