logan802
Hatching
- Oct 21, 2015
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Hi, I'm new to Backyard Chickens, but I have been reading forums here the whole time that I have had chickens. We have 5 laying hens, 3 RIR's and 2 black australorps. We just got the australorps in May because our old hens were not laying as much as they used to. We also just got our first egg from one pullet!
Anyways, one of our RIR's has just started to sleep in the nesting box. I am not sure how old she is because we got her and the other 2 RIR's from a family friend who had hundreds of chickens. But she recently started to walk different and her feathers are very rough and old looking. She doesn't act the same as she used to either. She is still very happy, but I'm worried about her sleeping in the nesting box. Is it because she can't jump up onto the roost? Anyways, I haven't been able to find anything that will tell me what is wrong with her (if there is anything wrong), but I also can't find any threads about it, so I decided to make my own, haha
