selbyathome Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 our two girls have been with us six days now we did the obligatory keeping them in the run and house for the first 5 days of having them and was at work 9-5 so we didnt see much of them during the day . we let them out for their first experience of free ranging in our garden and they loved it only thing is our smaller one has abent back end we have only been getting one egg they werePOL when they came so we figured she could be egg bound and kept a close eye on her today, being our first chickens it all learning we have read loads of stuff but no mention of bent tails any where. anyway she eggsmerelda layed her first egg after much sitting on the nest today, while henrietta was out playing has anyone heard of this before?? ps aint keeping chickens ace! i love em to bits already. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Congratulations and welcome to the forum, Jen . Glad to hear you're enjoying your girls and lucky you, getting an egg already . Not heard about bent backs/tails before . Could you post a photo of her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selbyathome Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 not sure how could you tell me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 not sure how could you tell me Have a look **here**. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchkin Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hi I'm not 100% sure, but I think if tails are bent low (not sticking up in the air) this could mean that she feels poorly. When one of mine is going to lay a soft egg her tail will hang low and she will look hunched (soft eggs can make them feel poorly). Once she has laid the soft egg after 20mins she will be fine again. Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge will be along soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selbyathome Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 [img][/img] this is our lovely girl thats if it works jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkspurs Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 A couple too many img tags but sorted for you. Link to bigger pic. http://s729.photobucket.com/albums/ww300/selbyathome/14022009073.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selbyathome Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 try again heres our lovely girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selbyathome Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 this should be eggserelda this time our other lovely girl with her bent tail. Jen thanks for your help there with me pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hi ya, To me she looks fine, our girl Rosie's tail always curves over quite a bit, they can move them around just like a dog really. A low tail as said above can mean they feeling poorly or sometimes they do it if they don't like the weather like rain or wind. Have a look at our photos. Rosie's the little red hen (gingernut ranger). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Don't think they working at mo, site is down for maintenance on that part so it says. If you look under the courses section we are on there Michelle & Graham's hen courses, there's a really good example of Rosie on there with her bent over tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 http://www.omlet.co.uk/courses/courses.php?page=course_gallery&menu=courses&submenu=course_gallery&host_id=54356&refferer_id=441&gallery_submit=view+gallery#/images/courses/large/lg_g_moore_henparty_01.gif There you go, don't know if you will be able to view it or not, I not that experienced with pics on here yet Ooh it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Her spine does look as if it's bent doesn't it? Did these girls come from omlet? If they did I think perhaps you should email the photos of that girl to omlet and ask their advice. Edited to say: Read cluckbok's post after I had written this, perhaps bent tails are more common than I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selbyathome Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Our girls did not come from Omlet. They looked and acted fine on collection only the day after on their first stroll out did we notice bent tail. Thought at first she might have been roosting up against side of Egloo. However its still bent. She has laid twice since we got them, days apart both times small but good eggs. The other hen is a lot bigger, laid in the back seat of the car on way home (in the carry box) and has laid every day since, beginers luck no doubt . jen and stu Henrietta Eggsmerelda in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
