She is eating and drinking, and when I let them out of the run, she forages for a few minutes as well, but just not as energetically as the buckeye. Then, she will stand next to the run and "rest" for several minutes before moving around again. She's usually very acrobatic, jumping up on top of...
I have two young chickens, a buckeye who just this week laid her first egg, and an ameraucana who has not started laying. Two days ago the ameraucana started acting lethargic, not acting like her normal energetic self. She's puffing up her feathers, but otherwise looks normal and poop looks...
Thank you for the replies and advice. I tried the yogurt and the buttermilk...she is pretty finicky. Won't eat it. I will keep trying though. She will eat the crumbles dry out of the feeder, just not as much as I'd like. And if I throw some cracked corn out, she goes crazy or about 30 seconds...
I have an approximately 16 week old Buff Orpington (along with an Ameraucana and Buckeye) that I got in late June. Two weeks ago the little buff orp, who has always been on the sweet, shy, reserved side, just didn't look like she felt good. She sat perched a lot in the run, feathers puffed...