When she falls over, its like she's tipping herself forward because her tail is up. When she falls forward her legs pedal. And they move when I pick her up.. She doesn't resist being picked up.
The rooster is a Belgian D'Uccle as well. We had them in a separate cage together for about 2 weeks. She laid one egg in the second week, then nothing, then this.
I now have her separate, in a 5 gallon bucket with feed and water which she happily takes. The bucket allows her to keep...
I have a bantam hen that is new to us, who layed one egg, then several days later was found laying on her side in the pen with her mated rooster. When you tried to stand her up she would topple forward. Her cloaca was pushing so we thought egg bound. Cloaca is clear and doesnt seem injured. We...