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[Hillbilly Hen]

Thanks for all the kind comments on my new coop.

I have a question, I am trying to find it here but my brain must not be functioning at full capacity today. How do you know if you have an internal layer?

 

[joletabey]

Cyn if they are both pullets, and you still have the little BR, I would take them both- then they would have a buddy to stand at their back when Ivan the Terrible, Boo ,Belle and Emma get introduced!

Thank you, Hillbilly. Cyn is the expert on internal egg issues, but if you have a hen that has quit laying totally, and is getting a hard stomach, you may have that problem- - do a search on Cyn's "Ivy" and you can get her story there, too.

 

[Serrin]

Beth, I think the compost heap is the perfect place for her to lay at rest. Consider....because of the nature of compost heaps, she'll never be cold in the winter, and in the summers, they stay cooler due to the dampness of them. And, as you say, it was her most favorite place to be.

Had the rotten murdering neighborhood dog NOT carted off my beloved Gimpy Girl....had she been allowed to simply die of old age, the compost heap is where I would have buried her.

No, it's not a silly or insensitive place to bury a dear feathered friend what so ever! Anyone who says otherwise has obviously never watched a hen engaged in ecstatic digging, scratching and pecking about in a compost heap for an entire morning and half of the afternoon!

I'm sorry she is gone now Beth, but I'm so happy that she did not have to linger in pain. You know in your head and your heart that she is in a much better place! I bet that Thor, Ivy and Rita were right there to greet her too!

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Thanks. I have 2 BR hens that are a year old. They get in the nest box and act like they are going to lay an egg but then nothing. I tried soaking the hens in a warm bath but still nothing. They are acting fine. Their stomachs aren't hard. Maybe I am worrying about nothing.

 

[speckledhen]

They could be starting to lay internally, though that is a bit young for it to start. I have one hen right now, coming back into lay after her molt, and she has malfunctioned. That is how it usually starts. Her abdomen is fine, so far. It can take months and months for you to really know there is fluid/infection/yolk in the abdomens or oviducts. Sadly, this is very common.

 

[Cetawin]

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Indeed Thor was a ladies man. I am sure he is showing her all the good stuffs to be had.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Thanks Cyn, I will continue watching them closely.

 

[NellaBean]

I put this on a separate thread too, but thought it was so cute I had to post it here as well.

Do you see what I see?

 

[Serrin]

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PEEK-A-BOO!!!!

Cute pic Nella!

 

[Cetawin]

OMG that is too danged cute. Look at that adorable little face.