Ruby unwell?Ruby unwell?Ruby, our last girl hasn't laid for several weeks, and is still moulting like mad. She looks as if she has been in a fight. What concerns me more is her comb, which is getting paler, has a blue tinge at the top, and is no longer standing upright. In herself she seems OK, eating well, but I wonder if it is the moult which is causing the comb colour, and lack of eggs.
Has anyone else experienced this? Also, we are looking after a neighbour's hens for a week, and his girls are out of lay as well, but not moulting. We lost Lizzie just over a month ago, and decided not to get a companion for Rubes, but I just wonder if she is pining.
Re: Ruby unwell?None of my three girls are laying at the moment. Two just finishing a moult but Fifi my oldest girl is still losing feathers and her comb is a bit paler than norm. As she is still diving around and eating well and still being top girl, I'm not concerned that she is poorly as she is just the same in that way as usual.
I am no expert but I would think that your girl is just normal. Not sure about the floppy comb though. As I believe the moult does take something out of them, I've been upping their protein to help them. I hope someone can put your mind at rest I am now a widow and live with my memories.
Re: Ruby unwell?she mght be a bit lonely spreckly but I had similar with my two big girls 2 weeks ago and I wormed them success upright combs within 2 days and looked much healthier I saw no evidence of worms un their poo either before or during worming but something must have been brewing I recko n I hope she perks up xxxx
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a really big moult this month & while she turned into a scruffy pom-pom her comb shrivelled up to a tiny pale thing, tinged with blue. She's now finally back to her beautiful self & her comb is huge and red again and yesterday she laid her first egg in a month! So I wouldn't worry too much about Ruby, she'd probably appreciate extra mealworms while she's growing those feathers though. "He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
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Re: Ruby unwell?I hope Ruby is soon back to her best Spreckly, shes could well still be missing Lizzie our girls have been down in the dumps when they have lost a sister Lindaxx
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Re: Ruby unwell?My girl really appreciated a little cat food as well as mealworms
I hope ruby recovers soon and your mind is at rest :) Re: Ruby unwell?This afternoon I found Ruby crouching in the corner of the hut. She wouldn't come out when I called, but things look rather black. She always has mealworms in an afternoon, so I shall try and temp her with some.
Re: Ruby unwell?Aw come on Ruby Does her chest sound okay? A tinged comb can be chest problems, I gave my girl tylan when she had a purple tinged comb.
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Though not a total surprise, it was still a shock. We are glad that she has not suffered for long. We have buried her near Lizzie, under the apple trees. How we will miss them all. I have still been calling out Lizzie Lou, and Ruby has always responded very quickly, in the hope of her afternoon mealworms and corn. We are so sad, two girls in two months. Re: Ruby unwell?So sorry
Fly high over rainbow bridge Ruby Tammy xxx
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Re: Ruby unwell?I am so sorry that you have lost Ruby. Sending you hugs.
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Re: Ruby unwell?Sorry to hear about Ruby. As you say, she didn't have a miserable, protracted end.
We lost two girls in a couple of months recently and it really is a blow. How can one have got so attached to a hen? You have to have known chickens to understand, I think. Bea; 19 hens (most of whom I intended to get); 6 bantams (which I never intended to have); old Benji dog and young Toby dog (who I definitely wanted). Three years into country living and loving it.
Re: Ruby unwell?So sorry to hear you lost your last girl
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Re: Ruby unwell?So sorry Spreckly
No girls at the moment but look forward to getting more in the future. Proud mummy to Hector, a Bedlington Terrier x Jack Russell
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