I have a hen who is between 1-2 years of age. At the beginning of the summer she went through a molt, but has since grown most (if not all) of her feathers back nicely. She has very runny poop and now has a "messy bottom." I need to bathe her about twice a week, as I don't want her to get an...
I woke up yesterday morning to an unenergetic chicken who wouldn't leave her roost or the coop to go outside. She was in the same spot at lunch four hours later when I checked on her. I took her inside and placed her in a dog crate. She ate some feed, crushed eggshells and also drank some water...
I noticed this morning and again during lunch that one of my female chickens hadn't yet emerged from the coop and remained perched on her roost. It's a sunny day here and this is very unlike her. I managed to move her outside of the coop into the run where she went into a corner and didn't seem...