GingersHuman
Songster
I have a Black Australorp hen named Trouble who apparently had a stroke (no other explanation I can find). She was unable to balance, tipping on her sides when trying to move, falling on her face when trying to eat or drink. After a week or so, she was able to stand and she started laying eggs again. After a couple weeks in a very small cage to limit movement she was able to be penned in a corner during the day and put in the small cage at night. After a couple more weeks she started flying up into the small cage to lay her eggs. She also became "cage trained" where she wouldn't poop in the small cage where she spent her nights.
Trouble eventually started spending her days in a dog crate in the grassy yard and back in her small cage at night. At that point my WLH Cotton got a leg injury and joined Trouble in the "infirmary".
I built a small pen with a double nesting box and a roost to be the new infirmary pen. Trouble and Cotton still live in there, though I let them out some during the day while I'm there to watch to make sure they aren't picked on.
Trouble eventually started spending her days in a dog crate in the grassy yard and back in her small cage at night. At that point my WLH Cotton got a leg injury and joined Trouble in the "infirmary".
I built a small pen with a double nesting box and a roost to be the new infirmary pen. Trouble and Cotton still live in there, though I let them out some during the day while I'm there to watch to make sure they aren't picked on.