Tasha1981
Songster
This afternoon I was enjoying a cup of coffee, watching my chickens devour their head of cabbage. After eating 3/4 of it they got their bellies full and started wandering around the run.
A few were lying around, Johnny Mack was doing his little dance and mating with a few of the girls. It was pleasant. Then I noticed one girl with her tail curled down while she was standing. It was exactly like the tail kind of balls up when they are pecking on the ground. But she was standing straight up. A few minutes later she went lie down by the fence, tail still in a ball. She lifted and strained a few times. After about 10 minutes or so, she went back to the cabbage, tail still in ball on walk and pecking cabbage. After she got her fill she went run in the coop.
5 or so minutes later she came out and started laying by the fence again. Tail still in a curl. She stood up and strained, nothing. A few minutes later she stood up and stained again. This time something came out. I thought it was my very first egg. But it was only a turd. So she moved by a small tree in the run and lied down again. Every few minutes she would strain but her tail was still in that weird ball when she went to the coop for the night. Should I be concerned, or is she trying to figure out what's happening to her with the first egg coming? She will be 19 weeks old tomorrow.
A few were lying around, Johnny Mack was doing his little dance and mating with a few of the girls. It was pleasant. Then I noticed one girl with her tail curled down while she was standing. It was exactly like the tail kind of balls up when they are pecking on the ground. But she was standing straight up. A few minutes later she went lie down by the fence, tail still in a ball. She lifted and strained a few times. After about 10 minutes or so, she went back to the cabbage, tail still in ball on walk and pecking cabbage. After she got her fill she went run in the coop.
5 or so minutes later she came out and started laying by the fence again. Tail still in a curl. She stood up and strained, nothing. A few minutes later she stood up and stained again. This time something came out. I thought it was my very first egg. But it was only a turd. So she moved by a small tree in the run and lied down again. Every few minutes she would strain but her tail was still in that weird ball when she went to the coop for the night. Should I be concerned, or is she trying to figure out what's happening to her with the first egg coming? She will be 19 weeks old tomorrow.
