Companihen
Songster
Copper maran hens are approx 4yo. Have been healthy until latterly we've had regular soft shells, shells with dark imperfections/scab type marks, or very very thin shells which crumple when they lay them or you go to pick one up. They have growers and layers pellets available in their coop, oyster shell in a seperate pot, and the occasional cuttlefish bone picked from the beach and boiled! I'm not sure when this hen last laid as with the regular broken (and then eaten) eggs it's been hard to figure out how many are being laid a day.
5 day ago I noticed a big yucky mess under one of my copper maran hens perch position. Picture 1. I could tell which hen this was from as all seemed well.
2 days ago one hen was sitting in the run with her eyes closed, didn't move if the other chickens or I came close. I had seen her eating and drinking that day but mainly sitting with her eyes shut. She went to roost about 3 hrs earlier than the rest. Yesterday I didn't see her as I wasn't at home in daylight.
This morning a big mess under the perch and she hadn't come out the house by 9.30. I helped her off the perch and she very slowly walked down the ramp to the corner where I've seen her just sitting or standing before with her eyes shut. She's been standing here most of the day today. These 2 poos near her on the floor in the run. Cockerel seems a bit concerned about her today and doesn't let the other hens near her.
I would like to know if I can do anything to help her.
5 day ago I noticed a big yucky mess under one of my copper maran hens perch position. Picture 1. I could tell which hen this was from as all seemed well.
2 days ago one hen was sitting in the run with her eyes closed, didn't move if the other chickens or I came close. I had seen her eating and drinking that day but mainly sitting with her eyes shut. She went to roost about 3 hrs earlier than the rest. Yesterday I didn't see her as I wasn't at home in daylight.
This morning a big mess under the perch and she hadn't come out the house by 9.30. I helped her off the perch and she very slowly walked down the ramp to the corner where I've seen her just sitting or standing before with her eyes shut. She's been standing here most of the day today. These 2 poos near her on the floor in the run. Cockerel seems a bit concerned about her today and doesn't let the other hens near her.
I would like to know if I can do anything to help her.
