Well, this case is a couple days old, but I still need some advice.
When I went out to my coop a couple of days ago, I spotted one of my hens huddled up in the corner. When I picked her up, she was nearly weightless, like the other hens have been bullying her away from the food. Her crop was completely flat, even caved in a little. Then, taking a look at her feet, they were litlerally FROZEN! Like, I touched them and they were stiff as rocks.
I took the poor little girl inside and set her feet in room temperature water until I could bend them and they were starting to pink up a little bit. She still couldn't move her toes, but they weren't frozen anymore, and I got some blood flowing back in them. I put her in my basement with some food and water, then left her alone.
The next day when I checked on her, she was back to her normal self- eating, drinking, pooping, acting curious, etc. but she hadn't gained much despite all of the eating she had done, and there were now HUGE blisters all over her feet.
This was her first winter, I hatched her in August 2010.
Any help as to what I should do? She is acting perfectly normal, I'm just worried about those blisters
When I went out to my coop a couple of days ago, I spotted one of my hens huddled up in the corner. When I picked her up, she was nearly weightless, like the other hens have been bullying her away from the food. Her crop was completely flat, even caved in a little. Then, taking a look at her feet, they were litlerally FROZEN! Like, I touched them and they were stiff as rocks.
I took the poor little girl inside and set her feet in room temperature water until I could bend them and they were starting to pink up a little bit. She still couldn't move her toes, but they weren't frozen anymore, and I got some blood flowing back in them. I put her in my basement with some food and water, then left her alone.
The next day when I checked on her, she was back to her normal self- eating, drinking, pooping, acting curious, etc. but she hadn't gained much despite all of the eating she had done, and there were now HUGE blisters all over her feet.
This was her first winter, I hatched her in August 2010.
Any help as to what I should do? She is acting perfectly normal, I'm just worried about those blisters
