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Update: She is still alert this morning. She moved about a foot from where I saw her last night. She was sitting with both her feet underneath her and looking around. Just gave her a fresh round of food and water and I will check on her in a while. Thanks for the kind words.

Update: Our hen ate some more oatmeal and a few bites of banana. She hasn't walked or changed positions since I set her down earlier. She is moving her head around. Any suggestions for changes to her care or ideas of what could be causing her to have difficulty walking?

UPDATE: Performed a head to tail assessment. No cuts or sores No lice or mites Vent is open and normal looking Her left wing seems injured. She would squak some when we were examining it. Did not feel any lumps or swollen places. We gave her a bath since she had poop on her feathers. After...

I just went and looked in on her. Her crop is not swollen, just checked and didn't feel anything. Her comb looks normal, red. She is pooping, but the color is an off green/greyish color. She had been laying eggs prior to the attack. We checked her for a stuck egg last weekend, but didn't...

Thanks for the suggestion, but her feet look normal. Any other ideas?

My 9 month old hen is barely moving around. She will stand for very short periods of time and then just sit abruptly. I have seen her drink water, but not sure if she is eating the laying pellets next to her. Her poop was yellow the other day, today it is more of a green color, but still more...

Our hen was attacked by a bobcat 9 days ago while free ranging in our backyard. Other than missing a lot of feathers, there were no obvious signs of trauma. She has not laid an egg in 9 days (before the attack). She was timid at first, but would come out of the coop after the first day. She...