sandyhas3chucks Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 This is no doubt a daft question, but what should a hen that is 1 of 4 be eating if she is 1. quite big & heavy, 2.fairly well feathered 3. his slight fluid in her rear end (vet checked) 4. NOT LAYING (at the moment) 5. laid 2 small 1 average lash in 2 goes over last 10 days I mean she is hardly a drower or a ckick. Am I being really daft & missing the obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esta Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 what shoud she be eating ? hmmmm, i feed my girls corn and pellets. Some people prefer mash. Also gritt is very useful as when they start laying the eggs will be hard (obviously after the first sqwishy one ) If you have any other problems please pm me Esta x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I guess it may be beneficial not to give her layers pellets for a while to give her rear end some time to recover but how practical would it be for you to feed her differently to the others unless you want to separate her? I fed my hen wheatabix after she had a prolapse but could only keep that up for a few days as it got very difficult to separate her for food without separating her completely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Well obviously not THAT easy but I could certainly cut down her access to layers mash at peak times. ie first thing in the morning, last thing at night. She is very greedy fat thing & would be pretty happy to eat lots of treats, but I need to know what is GOOD for her too. Her best friend probably won't lay much longer, but she may also start to lay in the spring? So might only have to offer her other stuff for a while anmyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
