Update: We got her out of the coop and it looks like she did poop, but not 100% sure, and she had her head in her wing still which is how she was when we put her back in the coop yesterday. She didnt have enough energy to lift her head up :(. But I gave her some probiotic water and she started...
This is reassuring, thank you. I really hope she gets through this I have been worried about her all day. I will continue to feed her soupy feed in the morning.
Her crop was completely empty, probably because she has ate very little. But when I gave her the soupy feed she had a full crop. She has always been a light chicken but she seems to weigh a little less than usual.
Before her becoming this lethargic, her crop has been full and she would do head...
Update: She is doing a tiny bit better, but im pretty sure i felt an egg in her near her abdomen. I gave her an epson salt bath and i am worried that she is too lethargic to pass the egg :(
the photo attached is how pale her comb is, i have been giving her soupy feed and shes been eating a lot...
I cant determine if shes laid an egg or not because I only have buffs, but there are eggs. However I noticed today that there is a tiny egg in their nesting box, about the size of a peanut m&m haha. So maybe thats her egg? Not sure.
Hi, I have a buff orpington hen and she is just turned four years old. Over the past month or so, my chicken will not eat as much as usual, and sits away from the rest of my chickens on occasion. At first I thought she had an impacted crop, and I have massaged her crop and shes thrown up water a...