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Chirping
Thank you for any input at all you may have on this.
I have a RIR (12 weeks or so) that is behaving strangely to me. I am new to chickening, so I'm not sure what "normal" is sometimes. I'll begin with her eating, drinking, and pooping are completely normal. What is weird is she has a lack of balance, not like falling down, but she's walking funny. Like high stepping almost. Like she's walking, but isn't sure the level of the ground. (If that makes sense. Hard to describe)
Her wings are dropped. She actually started dropping her wings a couple weeks ago, and I thought she was just hot. Like chicks under a lamp when they air out their armpits. When she comes over to me, she holds them up like normal, but as she is living life, eating clover, etc, she drops them. DH says she may have them out for balance. She is not weak or lethargic. Which leads me to the "plopping".
They are not free range. When I let them out for an hour or two after work, Barbara will eat grass, wander, do normal chicken things, (for like 5 mins) then just "PLOP" down. While plopped, she has her wings out from her body slightly, reminiscent of the warm chick armpit thing. Originally, before these other symptoms started presenting, I thought she may be practicing "squatting". Evidently not.
If you have any input at all in this, please by all means chime in! Thank you so much!!!
I have a RIR (12 weeks or so) that is behaving strangely to me. I am new to chickening, so I'm not sure what "normal" is sometimes. I'll begin with her eating, drinking, and pooping are completely normal. What is weird is she has a lack of balance, not like falling down, but she's walking funny. Like high stepping almost. Like she's walking, but isn't sure the level of the ground. (If that makes sense. Hard to describe)
Her wings are dropped. She actually started dropping her wings a couple weeks ago, and I thought she was just hot. Like chicks under a lamp when they air out their armpits. When she comes over to me, she holds them up like normal, but as she is living life, eating clover, etc, she drops them. DH says she may have them out for balance. She is not weak or lethargic. Which leads me to the "plopping".
They are not free range. When I let them out for an hour or two after work, Barbara will eat grass, wander, do normal chicken things, (for like 5 mins) then just "PLOP" down. While plopped, she has her wings out from her body slightly, reminiscent of the warm chick armpit thing. Originally, before these other symptoms started presenting, I thought she may be practicing "squatting". Evidently not.
If you have any input at all in this, please by all means chime in! Thank you so much!!!
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