I have an Araucana chicken who stays up in the coop all day and doesn't eat or drink.When I bring her out of the coop she just freezes and hangs her head. She is new, but the one I got with her is doing just fine and is getting along with my chickens really well. I put them both in a kennel to introduce them and it worked with my other one...
She seems lethargic too. I'll give her food and she'll eat it like crazy for a couple of seconds and then leave it alone, and she doesn't bother with water. She just stays in the coop all day and hangs her head. Whenever I pick her up, it seems like she droops/sags, and today she wouldn't get off of my hand when I put her back in the cage - she just laid there.
I am also pretty sure she is done laying. She was supposedly still laying when I bought her, but I think that the guy who sold me them was just trying to get rid of some non-laying chickens.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
- Danielle
She seems lethargic too. I'll give her food and she'll eat it like crazy for a couple of seconds and then leave it alone, and she doesn't bother with water. She just stays in the coop all day and hangs her head. Whenever I pick her up, it seems like she droops/sags, and today she wouldn't get off of my hand when I put her back in the cage - she just laid there.
I am also pretty sure she is done laying. She was supposedly still laying when I bought her, but I think that the guy who sold me them was just trying to get rid of some non-laying chickens.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
- Danielle