I have D'Uccle hen that is at least 10-11 years old. For the last few days she's been acting off.....siting by herself, not eating normally, and her feathers are slightly ruffled. Is this a sign of declining from old age, or is there anything I can do/try for her? Thanks for any advice.
First off, thanks for your replies....I've never posted to a blog before so I'm figuring it out as I go. I checked her to see if she's egg bound. She is not. I'm posting some pics. I've been applying Nu Sock ointment to her tail and thought that was was getting on her face. On closer look...
Thanks for your replies....I dusted her almost daily daily for about 6 weeks.....Her poop seems too runny. She has stopped laying eggs. I have her isolated now, but she's normally with my 8 other hens...no symptoms of mites on them, although I do dust them occasionally. No respiratory...
Thanks for any advice. I have an approximately 1 year old bantam "Cochin" hen. I brought her from a neighbor a few months ago. She was missing all tail feathers but the current owner said she had been getting picked on by a rough rooster. The feathers only have very sparsely grown back...