[ʀᴇꜱᴏʟᴠᴇᴅ] Hen suddenly falling asleep while standing, droopy tail! | 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦

[tlcmurphy]

I have 2, Sunny is Sweet, and Buttercup is the Devil incarnate.

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

I have 2, Sunny is Sweet, and Buttercup is the Devil incarnate.

I'm glad you have one sweet one! I love those names for BOs!

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

My girl is sleeping on my lap as I type.

 

[tlcmurphy]

 

[CCsGarden]

My girl is sleeping on my lap as I type.
View attachment 3862242

I have 3 BO! I love them!

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

~ Update for 6/14/24 ~
Sadie got to go back outside today! She's doing so much better. I've always thought that she's a fine looking chicken. I loved getting to see my beautiful girl run full speed to the edge of the aviary when she heard my voice today.

Maisie is still not 100%. Her comb is very pale. Sometimes the color will come back for a bit, but it has stayed pretty pale.

She hasn't eaten or drank much (a couple small bites of braunschweiger, half a strawberry with sugar, a handful of mealworms, some white clover, two ants, and a tiny amount of regular feed). She has lost 8 oz in weight since the deworming process began. She doesn't have much of an appetite and isn't eating enough to sustain herself. We prepared a mixture for the syringe and tube fed her this evening. Here is roughly what we used (We aren't trying to recommend others use this particular solution. We are new chickens keepers trying to do the best we can based on the advice of other people, and what we currently have on hand in our house.):
- 1/4 tsp. Sugar
- 1 Very Small Pinch Himalayan Pink Salt
- 1 Very Small Pinch Baking Soda
- 3 cc Poultry Cell
- 1/8 tsp. Brewers Yeast
- 400 IU Vitamin E capsule
- 1 Very Small Pinch of Lactobacillus & Electrolytes
- 1 & 1/2 tsp. Homemade Milk Kefir
- 1/8 - 1/4 tsp. Chicken Probiotics
- less than 1/8 tsp. Molasses
- A Little Less Than 1/4 Cup Water
We used a little less than 1/2 of this mixture in the syringe -- 35 ml for this evening & 30 ml for next morning. We will give her the other half tomorrow morning.

She is still moving around and happy. She loves scratching around outside. She still wants hugs. But we are concerned about her food intake.

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

Maisie went back outside yesterday! She even slept in the coop last night. After 7 whole days, all 4 chickens are now back outside. Maisie ate 5 little pieces of braunschweiger, lots of noodles with some sauce on them (This was our leftovers after lunch and seemed to be the only thing she was willing to eat), and some seeds! I can actually feel some food in her crop now! Her comb color still fluctuates, but I am encouraged she is back with her chicken family and happy.

 

[tlcmurphy]

sounds like everyone’s doing great! Wonderful news

 

[Elspeth Dinsmore]

Hey, guys! Quick question: Sadie has had this really red comb the past two days. I've never had a hen with such a red comb and wattles before. The weather has been in the 90s the past couple days. Would hot weather maybe affect her comb color? Is this normal? The photo doesn't even quite show how red it is.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Hey, guys! Quick question: Sadie has had this really red comb the past two days. I've never had a hen with such a red comb and wattles before. The weather has been in the 90s the past couple days. Would hot weather maybe affect her comb color? Is this normal? The photo doesn't even quite show how red it is.
View attachment 3866833

Is she laying? If not it looks like she’s about to.
I haven’t noticed heat to cause the comb and wattles to turn red.