Hi,
I have a RIR who will be one year next week.
Lately she has been a bit off looking and acting.
I don't know if she has ever laid an egg. Before winter - no. We have 2 other chickens with her. One is an Amer (blue egg, so we know hers) the other an orphington, and we've seen her lay etc. Never really got the action from 'Red'
So recently though I think we got maybe 3 eggs from her as we saw some new smaller brown eggs.
Then she suddenly doesn't hang with the other girls quite as much. (they free range)
She will lay in the middle of the yard as if she couldn't stand to walk another step.
Her eyes are closed while she stands, like she is sleeping.
She has excessive droppings down her back feathers which really stink.
So I posted once and someone suggested egg bound.
Today we gave her a warm sitz bath. I felt around on her and could not feel an egg. Checked in her vent too, nothing hard in there.
Cleaned her up. She seems like she is missing feathers around her vent area. It does not look red or swollen, there is no blood anywhere.
We now have her contained in the house. She does eat and drink, but is thin as can be.
Not much noise from her either.
Other chickens seem fine.
The other thing is that when she is standing, often time I think she looks like a vulture where her head may be up and it is a straight slope down to her tail. Her back does not level off parallel with the ground at all. So her vent drops to the low point.
She is very lethargic. No struggle or excitement when you pick her up.
She is normally housed in a 4'x5' coop with two other hens. They get out pretty much every day to run around.
I am not sure what else to say, but something just doesn't seem right with her.
Any thoughts would be great.
Thankyou
I have a RIR who will be one year next week.
Lately she has been a bit off looking and acting.
I don't know if she has ever laid an egg. Before winter - no. We have 2 other chickens with her. One is an Amer (blue egg, so we know hers) the other an orphington, and we've seen her lay etc. Never really got the action from 'Red'
So recently though I think we got maybe 3 eggs from her as we saw some new smaller brown eggs.
Then she suddenly doesn't hang with the other girls quite as much. (they free range)
She will lay in the middle of the yard as if she couldn't stand to walk another step.
Her eyes are closed while she stands, like she is sleeping.
She has excessive droppings down her back feathers which really stink.
So I posted once and someone suggested egg bound.
Today we gave her a warm sitz bath. I felt around on her and could not feel an egg. Checked in her vent too, nothing hard in there.
Cleaned her up. She seems like she is missing feathers around her vent area. It does not look red or swollen, there is no blood anywhere.
We now have her contained in the house. She does eat and drink, but is thin as can be.
Not much noise from her either.
Other chickens seem fine.
The other thing is that when she is standing, often time I think she looks like a vulture where her head may be up and it is a straight slope down to her tail. Her back does not level off parallel with the ground at all. So her vent drops to the low point.
She is very lethargic. No struggle or excitement when you pick her up.
She is normally housed in a 4'x5' coop with two other hens. They get out pretty much every day to run around.
I am not sure what else to say, but something just doesn't seem right with her.
Any thoughts would be great.
Thankyou
