Relatively new chicken keeper here,
We were out of town for a day and a half. We just got back yesterday. This morning we noticed that one of our 1 year old australorps was suddenly lethargic and not moving around very much. She was stiff, hunched over, kind of squatting, with her feathers...
One of my hens was displaying symptoms of what I was reading to be a possible egg binding. Upon further research, I believe it might have been EYP. Her stomach was rock hard, she was lethargic, and she waddled like a penguin. She was 3.5 years old.
What I wanted to ask though, is I crushed up a...
Hello! I have a hen who has been walking funny today and slightly lethargic. She was eating and drinking earlier in the day though. I thought she was eggbound by the penguin walk and have given her 2 Epsom salt baths. She is breathing heavy and her vent is consistently pulsating. Her belly also...