My 14 week old Cochin pullet seems very uncoordinated.
When all the chicks first started roosting, I came out and saw her on the top roost bar (3-4 ft high). One morning I saw her get down and it seemed like she missed the lower bar and landed awkwardly on the ground and it sounded loud. She seemed to be limping a bit but I checked her feet and legs and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I'm not even sure what I would be looking for though and her feet and legs are covered in feathers.
Since then, I have seen her step on the feathers of the opposite foot and sort of fall over like someone who stepped on an un tied shoelace. The last week or so I have watched her try to jump up to the low roost bar (1ft-1.5ft high). Sometimes after like 3 tries she finally gets up there, and sometimes when she is shuffling around on it she falls. And sometimes she never makes it up and starts to go to sleep in the corner. I even put a stool in there to split the height difference and she accidentally stepped off of it and fell over
She eats and drinks and stays with the flock.
Should I be worried about this? Are Cochins generally just more awkward or is there something else going on?
When all the chicks first started roosting, I came out and saw her on the top roost bar (3-4 ft high). One morning I saw her get down and it seemed like she missed the lower bar and landed awkwardly on the ground and it sounded loud. She seemed to be limping a bit but I checked her feet and legs and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I'm not even sure what I would be looking for though and her feet and legs are covered in feathers.
Since then, I have seen her step on the feathers of the opposite foot and sort of fall over like someone who stepped on an un tied shoelace. The last week or so I have watched her try to jump up to the low roost bar (1ft-1.5ft high). Sometimes after like 3 tries she finally gets up there, and sometimes when she is shuffling around on it she falls. And sometimes she never makes it up and starts to go to sleep in the corner. I even put a stool in there to split the height difference and she accidentally stepped off of it and fell over
She eats and drinks and stays with the flock.
Should I be worried about this? Are Cochins generally just more awkward or is there something else going on?