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Sick chicken?

Chickenems

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Jun 9, 2023
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I posted a couple weeks ago wondering if my starlight green egger was a rooster. Well a couple of days later she started laying 😂. She gave me 5 eggs in 10 days. She is now acting off and hasn’t laid in 4 days. Her tail is slightly dropping. She doesn’t go into the nesting boxes or talk or peck like the other chickens. She also sits everywhere she goes. I’m very amateur, but I picked her up and felt around her vent and couldn’t feel anything. When I looking at her vent, it pulses a bit but she also hates when I try to look. I pressed around her chest area and nothing seems off. I have 6 other pullets all around 15-17 weeks of age. Any ideas on what I should do?
 

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I believe so. She was on layer crumble but I just switch her back to developer crumble because only 3/7 have laid and was told they should be on developer until they are mostly all laying
They can all be on the developer if you also give them oyster shell on the ground.
It's not unusual for new layers to stop laying and act funny but I'd keep her monitored.
 

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