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Hi guys, About 4 months ago, I adopted/rescued two retired Isa Brown laying hens from a battery farm in Australia. They're between 18 months and 2 years old. One of the hens is very healthy and always has been. The other (her name is Vally) has always been quite sickly. She came to me quite...

@Lillith37 did your girl make a recovery from her issues and did it end up being metal toxicity? Really hoping you had a happy ending! Thanks so much for the kind words. She definitely had a happy, healthy end to life and that's more than what most of the cage egg girls get!

Hi guys, Sorry for my very delayed response. To answer all of the above questions: I never found any mouldy feed that she could have eaten, and their food is kept fresh in a sealed container. I did check the feed but didn't find anything strange. We live in a very pristine rural/rainforest...

She hasn't laid for about 3 months now (neither have the 2 other hens she came to me with). But from what I've seen, it's pretty standard for retired battery hens to stop laying earlier because they put so much energy into laying early in life. I thought the same, but I've done several really...

Hi guys, I've looked through dozens of online articles for help with this (including many on this site) but can't find anything that really fits the situation I'm in. About 3 weeks ago, one of my Isa Brown hens (approx. 4 years old; ex-battery hen) became a bit lethargic and lost some of her...