One of our Golden Comets has been acting strange today. She is very listless, shuffles around if she moves at all, keeps her head pulled in (I haven't seen her extend her neck all day.) She just stands there mostly with her eyes closed. Not pecking around like all her room-mates. Nobody else acting like this. I can't tell if it's her feathers fluffed out or what, but she looks bigger than normal.
We've had 3 days of rain and the pen/run is extremely muddy. Most of them don't seem to care, but it is a mess. They have a coop to go into, and most of them do when it is raining pretty hard. Pine shavings on the floor and in their nests as of today. Had shredded paper in the nests but when it spilled out a little on the floor, they would eat it so I got rid of it.
They are served crumbles and occasional treats like cracked corn, table scraps, grass and clover.
Her poop is runny and some of the others have runny poop, too. A little while ago, I saw her poop out green runs - looked like grass/clover.
They all looked like drowned rats last night, but today it cleared up and they are all fluffy and dry. (Wish the run was...)
Anybody have ideas what might be wrong with her?
Could she be sick from the mud and cold rain? Pneumonia? She isn't making any abnormal noises, like coughing or wheezing. Haven't heard her cluck, either.
Should I separate her from the others?
Thanks for any suggestions and feedback.
I'm just not sure what to do for her.
We've had 3 days of rain and the pen/run is extremely muddy. Most of them don't seem to care, but it is a mess. They have a coop to go into, and most of them do when it is raining pretty hard. Pine shavings on the floor and in their nests as of today. Had shredded paper in the nests but when it spilled out a little on the floor, they would eat it so I got rid of it.
They are served crumbles and occasional treats like cracked corn, table scraps, grass and clover.
Her poop is runny and some of the others have runny poop, too. A little while ago, I saw her poop out green runs - looked like grass/clover.
They all looked like drowned rats last night, but today it cleared up and they are all fluffy and dry. (Wish the run was...)
Anybody have ideas what might be wrong with her?
Could she be sick from the mud and cold rain? Pneumonia? She isn't making any abnormal noises, like coughing or wheezing. Haven't heard her cluck, either.
Should I separate her from the others?
Thanks for any suggestions and feedback.
I'm just not sure what to do for her.