hens not laying

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corkee

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hens not laying
« on: August 18, 2010, 20:20 »
hi all the last few days our 2 hens have stopped laying and one of them has a watery eye but seems fine as jumping about as usual and eating and drinking any ideas?

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Re: hens not laying
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2010, 20:46 »
How old are your hens? Has anything changed in their environment or surroundings?
How long is a few days? Maybe give some more information as there are some great people on this forum that could give you some good advice?
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corkee

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Re: hens not laying
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2010, 21:12 »
well i have had them about 2 weeks now and they are roughly 22 weeks old. its been about 3-4 days they havent laid.the hen that has a runny eye had it yesterday and was absolutely fine this morning even eating out of my hand,but this afternoon has a runny eye again and was asleep in the run.

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Re: hens not laying
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2010, 21:25 »
sounds like she may need a course of antibiotics.
I have deleted your othe post asking the same question  :)
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: hens not laying
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2010, 08:13 »
hi all again i gave the hens a fews days to see if she was ok as she started to brighten up now shes all back to normal,looking full off it again,and is liking a good cuddle every now and again, still not laying though but who cares as long as shes a lot better as i always say she will lay again when shes ready. :)


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