Chicken boarders

[Duncan08]

Marigold is a gorgeous girl, but a rare breed and I am not sure if I am worrying daftly.

She has had a lovely red comb for about 5weeks. She has been crouching for the same, but not an egg in sight

She arrived with us with worms, so I did all of them with flubenvet. All ok, but she seems to still have much more curry and downright runny poos than the others. It's not a problem if she never lays, but could the persistent sqits and no eggs be connected and indicate a problem.

OTherwide she is fine, eating,drinking and seeing off the pigeons.

I flubenveted In deb, is it too soon to have another go?

[dance in the dark]

Hmm, interesting, cos normally, in my experience if a hen crouches she will any egg within a week or two, even my late starting layers don't start to crouch till they are very nearly ready. Is there a chance that she is laying eggs somewhere out of sight? I once found one of my girls had laid behind the coal bunker, and the have always been so good about using the nests...is it worth a general look around?

 

I think that flubenvet again wouldn't be your worst idea, I know some people reccomend you use it three or four times a year anyway as a matter of course. Perhaps her worms have damaged her overall health and she is just building herself up to laying an egg slowly but surely? Another potential remedy for the poos could be to give bokashi bran mixed with live yogurt, I have found that the yogurt seems to help with general health and can help sort out various minor medical issues, and the bran can help to firm up poos.

 

 

P.S I think Vorwerks are great and I am very jealous!

[sparkysmum]

hi, if you think your hens runny poos are worm related you could try panacur ( not licensed for use in chickens) Vets are usually happy to prescribe this & you only give it to the hen which you think might be "wormy" You administer it to the hen directly so its not so hit and miss as flubenvet. There is an egg withdrawal period but if your hen isn't laying this might not be an issue. Alli x

[Duncan08]

Thank you for your replies.

 

I have had a good rake over their WIR and the "Outdoor play area" and can't see anywhere she could be hiding any eggs, plus I changed all of the bedding in the WIR and dug out the outdoor area and sanitised everything to within an inch of its life last weekend.

 

Flubenvet has arrived, and I will start next week, but have had a good poo inspection and unless they are microscopic all looks clear. (The worms she came with were very clearly visible )

 

Maybe she is just too posh to push! She makes up for her lack of eggs with her lovely sweet nature, she is the first to come and say hello and not just for food. And always hovers around me when I am out with them - the other girls dissappear quite quickly if I have nothing in my hands. Even my husband is completely smitten.

 

She is definitely the bottom of the pecking order and can be a bit of a loner. I keep telling her if she could lay a little egg the other girls may be a bit nicer to her.

[Minnie&Moose]

Our Vorwerk, Delilah, took what seemed like a very long time to come into lay. I can't remember exactly how long it was but she must have been at least 30 weeks by the time she did start. She did have a large, red comb for a long time before the eggs appeared but never crouched (and still doesn't!). But she now regularly gives us lovely shiny Hopefully the eggs will appear very soon.