- Aug 11, 2009
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Our 5-month-old araucana hen Agnes just laid her first egg today. Here's how we found out:
I heard strange sound like the sound geese make when they fly by from the house. So we went down to the coop to see what was going on. Agnes was standing over her first perfect little egg, seemingly breathing pretty heavily. My wife, a nurse, says this type of breathing is called 'stridor'.
It was a hot Colorado day in the low 90's. We considered the possibility that she night have been over-heated, but our run where she was is almost completely in the shade and there was plenty of fresh water just a few feet from her.
We have three other hens in the same run with her and none of them had any other symptoms. She seemed slightly slow (let me pet her which is unusual), but continued eating and drinking as normal.
The symptoms gradually went away within a few hours.
I videoed the symptoms. You can see the video here:
http://qik.com/video/2490770
Anyone ever seen this? What was going on with Agnes? We almost took her to the vet and are wondering if we should if it happens again?
I heard strange sound like the sound geese make when they fly by from the house. So we went down to the coop to see what was going on. Agnes was standing over her first perfect little egg, seemingly breathing pretty heavily. My wife, a nurse, says this type of breathing is called 'stridor'.
It was a hot Colorado day in the low 90's. We considered the possibility that she night have been over-heated, but our run where she was is almost completely in the shade and there was plenty of fresh water just a few feet from her.
We have three other hens in the same run with her and none of them had any other symptoms. She seemed slightly slow (let me pet her which is unusual), but continued eating and drinking as normal.
The symptoms gradually went away within a few hours.
I videoed the symptoms. You can see the video here:
http://qik.com/video/2490770
Anyone ever seen this? What was going on with Agnes? We almost took her to the vet and are wondering if we should if it happens again?
