kegsy
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Hi everyone
Sorry if this is a bit of a recycled topic but I am still unsure even after sifting through previous posts!
I got 4 hens about 3 weeks ago, 2 hybrid POL (22 weeks old) and 2 cream legbar pullets.
One of the hybrids has never seemed to settle in and I suspect is laying soft shell eggs (I have found these frequently around the enclosure - the other hybrid is laying regularly) . She has lost weight, and sometimes withdraws from the group and sometimes a little cranky with the pullets - pecking them if they come too close!
She goes off her food every other day or so, and sometimes hunches over and seems very quiet. Her comb flops over and sometimes seems a little pale but today it is a deeper red. When they free range out of the enclosure she eats plenty of grass, and enjoys the treats of pasta and grapes I give them once or twice during the week. She scratched out a dust bath area and sometimes I have found her just sitting in it.
Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated - hubby to be is a farmer and doesn't see the justification in taking a cheap chook to the vet! I disagree and she has really grown on me - she is the tamest of them all.
Sorry if this is a bit of a recycled topic but I am still unsure even after sifting through previous posts!
I got 4 hens about 3 weeks ago, 2 hybrid POL (22 weeks old) and 2 cream legbar pullets.
One of the hybrids has never seemed to settle in and I suspect is laying soft shell eggs (I have found these frequently around the enclosure - the other hybrid is laying regularly) . She has lost weight, and sometimes withdraws from the group and sometimes a little cranky with the pullets - pecking them if they come too close!
She goes off her food every other day or so, and sometimes hunches over and seems very quiet. Her comb flops over and sometimes seems a little pale but today it is a deeper red. When they free range out of the enclosure she eats plenty of grass, and enjoys the treats of pasta and grapes I give them once or twice during the week. She scratched out a dust bath area and sometimes I have found her just sitting in it.
Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated - hubby to be is a farmer and doesn't see the justification in taking a cheap chook to the vet! I disagree and she has really grown on me - she is the tamest of them all.
