Don't you love seeing that in a title.
So I'm sending a couple of roosters to the processor tomorrow. I have an Orpington hen that while probably 2 years old I suspect she isn't laying, plus we just have too many chickens.
So tonight I'm putting her in the pen with the roosters and notice that she's really heavy. I went to check her pubic bones and no, it doesn't seem like she's laying, they're really tight. BUT the belly area below her vent is really big and distended. So now I'm wondering if she's been laying internally?
I think when i drop the birds off tomorrow I'm going to point it out and tell the lady who works there to use their judgment when they butcher her.
Is there anything else I should be thinking about or worrying about? I've had chickens for years and never had a hen with a belly like that?
So I'm sending a couple of roosters to the processor tomorrow. I have an Orpington hen that while probably 2 years old I suspect she isn't laying, plus we just have too many chickens.
So tonight I'm putting her in the pen with the roosters and notice that she's really heavy. I went to check her pubic bones and no, it doesn't seem like she's laying, they're really tight. BUT the belly area below her vent is really big and distended. So now I'm wondering if she's been laying internally?
I think when i drop the birds off tomorrow I'm going to point it out and tell the lady who works there to use their judgment when they butcher her.
Is there anything else I should be thinking about or worrying about? I've had chickens for years and never had a hen with a belly like that?
