- Jan 6, 2014
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One of my biggest girls had a sudden change in behavior today. She normally runs around with the others but today we saw she was sitting under the coop all day rather than running around with the other girls. A little bit of background on their area. I have 8 girls in a 5 x 10 Coop which opens into a fenced in grassy area about 30 feet x 50 feet. They are fed layer crumble, get water refreshed twice a day, and get scratch tossed into the run every morning. They often get a handful of meal worms once a day tossed into the yard or into their coop in the evening.
Late this afternoon, I tossed some chopped up banana into the yard and she didn't join in with the other girls. She just remained standing under the coop watching the others.
When I went out at dusk to close them up, I saw she did not walk up the walkway into the coop and was just standing at the bottom. I picked her up and laid her on her back in my arms like a baby and she just laid there. VERY abnormal for her. She would have normally squawked loudly. I check and her rear feather had a lot of poop crud and running white around her feathers. Given that it was late and getting dark, I put her into the coop.
Tomorrow, I'll clean up her rear. They were just wormed with some Wazine in their water and a bit of Safeguard in their food about 2 weeks ago.
Her crop doesn't seem to have any obstruction. I felt around her vent and it doesn't feel like there's anything stuck in there.
This came on suddenly today. Completely different bird from yesterday.
Susan
Late this afternoon, I tossed some chopped up banana into the yard and she didn't join in with the other girls. She just remained standing under the coop watching the others.
When I went out at dusk to close them up, I saw she did not walk up the walkway into the coop and was just standing at the bottom. I picked her up and laid her on her back in my arms like a baby and she just laid there. VERY abnormal for her. She would have normally squawked loudly. I check and her rear feather had a lot of poop crud and running white around her feathers. Given that it was late and getting dark, I put her into the coop.
Tomorrow, I'll clean up her rear. They were just wormed with some Wazine in their water and a bit of Safeguard in their food about 2 weeks ago.
Her crop doesn't seem to have any obstruction. I felt around her vent and it doesn't feel like there's anything stuck in there.
This came on suddenly today. Completely different bird from yesterday.
Susan