Hi there
Im new to here, i have 3 cream legbar hens and they dont eat or drink much at all, i do have a massive garden and plenty of grass but they are also rarely laying eggs now either for about 2-3 month. They are 15 months old and ive had them since they were 6 weeks old, on checking how much chickens should drink and eat, they have never eaten or drank no where nearly as much as they should on average.
I did have 4 and one was quite poorly for awhile before she passed, she had all the symptoms of Coccidiosis, my other girls had no symptoms but i treated my whole flock just incase for 14 days as perscribed, my poorly girl though picked up for a few days later took a turn for the worst and on her last day showed symptoms of sour crop (is sour crop contagious?) and later passed . All my other girls seem fine and happy and always have done, have checked for mites and seem clear but not laying now in a while and there food and water has barely moved in their 3kg feeders in days, im really baffled as to whats wrong with them. Any help, insight and suggestions would be appreciated.
side note: they do get treats weekly but certianly not daily and i always give them treats in the aftenoon so as to make sure they eat there layers pellets first.
baffled :s
Im new to here, i have 3 cream legbar hens and they dont eat or drink much at all, i do have a massive garden and plenty of grass but they are also rarely laying eggs now either for about 2-3 month. They are 15 months old and ive had them since they were 6 weeks old, on checking how much chickens should drink and eat, they have never eaten or drank no where nearly as much as they should on average.
I did have 4 and one was quite poorly for awhile before she passed, she had all the symptoms of Coccidiosis, my other girls had no symptoms but i treated my whole flock just incase for 14 days as perscribed, my poorly girl though picked up for a few days later took a turn for the worst and on her last day showed symptoms of sour crop (is sour crop contagious?) and later passed . All my other girls seem fine and happy and always have done, have checked for mites and seem clear but not laying now in a while and there food and water has barely moved in their 3kg feeders in days, im really baffled as to whats wrong with them. Any help, insight and suggestions would be appreciated.
side note: they do get treats weekly but certianly not daily and i always give them treats in the aftenoon so as to make sure they eat there layers pellets first.
baffled :s