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[AnneInTheBurbs]

View attachment 1249128 View attachment 1249126 I need help. I’m not sure what is going on with two of my red sex links. They have been this way for about 2-3 months. It’s actually getting worse and not better. Help!!

Looks like over mating. Do you have a roo? How many hens?

 

[fisherlady]

Looks like over mating. Do you have a roo? How many hens?

X2, either a rooster or really odd feather picking/bullying... but my money is on mating damage.
It won't really improve until they molt next, though some feathers may fill in before.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

@gonehencrazy @Auroradream26 makes some great hen saddles that can help protect the girls until their new feathers come in.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

View attachment 1249128 View attachment 1249126 I need help. I’m not sure what is going on with two of my red sex links. They have been this way for about 2-3 months. It’s actually getting worse and not better. Help!!

Like everyone said, it looks like over mating by the rooster. I have a hen thar gets this way any time she doesn't wear a hen saddle so she has to wear one year round.

@gonehencrazy @Auroradream26 makes some great hen saddles that can help protect the girls until their new feathers come in.

Thanks Anne!

 

[dheltzel]

Setup cabinet incubator #2 tonight. Will load it with eggs Friday. The Legbars are starting to lay quite well.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Setup cabinet incubator #2 tonight. Will load it with eggs Friday. The Legbars are starting to lay quite well.

That's great! Mine are just starting back up, slowly. I got 2 eggs yesterday from them and 1 from the ameraucanas.

 

[gonehencrazy]

Looks like over mating. Do you have a roo? How many hens?

I have 15 girls and 1 boy. There were three. The original rooster got usurped in Nov. and I sold the other cockerel at green dragon like a month ago. I never actually see the one I kept mate with the girls.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I have 15 girls and 1 boy. There were three. The original rooster got usurped in Nov. and I sold the other cockerel at green dragon like a month ago. I never actually see the one I kept mate with the girls.

Chances are that the girls that are having the issues are your roo's favorite firms. They often get the most attention and unfortunately it shows :/ If you're interested in a couple hen saddles, pm me.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Hey guys! Check out this candling. Amazing shot of the embryo.

Another embryo seemed to be developing near the air cell. Is that a problem?

 

[dheltzel]

Another embryo seemed to be developing near the air cell. Is that a problem?

I doubt that is another embryo, just additional blood vessels, they create a lot of vessels to extract O2 from the shell and water/nutrients from the albumen.