My gut is saying something is wrong with one of my hens. I have 3 and they are usually out in the yard eating or grooming themselves. The last few days, one of my hens has been particularly sleepy. She has also been “yawning” a bit - i notice it if I’m staring at her for long periods of time. It doesn’t seem like she’s gasping for air though. She will come out of the coop each morning with the other gals and get up and walk around and eat but I find her standing under one of our tables sleeping with her head behind her wing a lot, which is very unusual for her. I have seen her poop and it looked normal. She is eating from my hand when I feed and she will occasionally run and jump but I can’t shake the feeling something is wrong since she isn’t nearly as active as she usually is.
I can’t see any physical signs of any issues and my other hens are acting normal. The only thing that has been slightly off is that she stands on one foot more than usual. However, she will switch off which foot she stands on so it doesn’t seem like one of them is injured and I have inspected them both with no unusual findings, plus she is able to walk and run normally.
She laid an egg like 2 days ago so I don’t think anything with the egg is unusual. My hens have been laying a little sporadically the last few months so I didn’t think anything of this.
Any idea of what’s going on or what I can do?
I can’t see any physical signs of any issues and my other hens are acting normal. The only thing that has been slightly off is that she stands on one foot more than usual. However, she will switch off which foot she stands on so it doesn’t seem like one of them is injured and I have inspected them both with no unusual findings, plus she is able to walk and run normally.
She laid an egg like 2 days ago so I don’t think anything with the egg is unusual. My hens have been laying a little sporadically the last few months so I didn’t think anything of this.
Any idea of what’s going on or what I can do?
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