[leared]

hi all ive got a silver hamburg hen, she hasnt layed at all this year.  i put her up today and shes a lot heavey then my warrions. and undernefy her its quite hard and large, but she still eatting, drinking and still wonders a round. could she be egg bound. 
 
 

[fergie]

If she is distended down beneath her legs she might have an egg yolk peritonitis going on...  I've recently lost a few hens to that.  It's good you are examining her and trying to figure this out.  The fact that she isn't laying is a red flag you should pay attention to...  there must be a reason she isn't laying.

My vet told me to give antibiotics until the swelling went away.  And since I had multiple hens with it, she suspected my feed wasn't meeting their nutritional needs.  So I switched feeds.  I'm giving antibiotics and calcium and vitamin d3 rich treats like cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.

[Roughlee Handled]

hi all ive got a silver hamburg hen, she hasnt layed at all this year.  i put her up today and shes a lot heavey then my warrions. and undernefy her its quite hard and large, but she still eatting, drinking and still wonders a round. could she be egg bound. 

What treats do you give your chucks?
Is she the boss?
Does she get more that her fair share of the food?


A FAT HEN NEVER LAYS.

[Jane-M]

Blimey a bold shout - good point though. Wish I could persuade my otherwise delightful neighbour of this when she is shoving loafs of bread through the fence - and then complaining cos the hens are trying to get through the wire to her side 

[Roughlee Handled]

.................shoving loafs of bread through the fence .....................

Tell her to STOP bread can and will (unless socked in water) cause compaction in the crop of a chicken and therefore giving the chicken sour crop a life threatening issue.
Do not give chickens bread unless soaked.

[Jane-M]

Oh b***er! I hadn't picked up on that, it was the calories that worried me. I shall persuade her to desist.