robinwhiskers
Songster
- Aug 13, 2017
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I had another thread, but this one needed to be more specific. My 2 y/o Sicilian buttercup seemed off suddenly last night (I've been very observant about them since my 4 y/o Plymouth rock died last week without an apparent reason) and this morning as well. Later in the day she seemed fine, the whole time she has been eating and drinking and her comb and wattles are a bright healthy red. However I only saw her defecate a little last night and not today and she hasn't laid in a while, the last time I can think of is a week ago, a shelless egg she laid at night. According to a family member she was trying to lay earlier but I didn't find an egg today, and she has only defecated once a little tonight. She doesn't seem stressed but I've given her 2 epsom warm water soaks since this afternoon and have massaged her/felt for an egg through her vent but I haven't felt anything. Could it possibly be just constipation? Even with that there's been no progress. She is separate roosting in the coop right now (the other birds have been sleeping in the run, it is cooler in summer).