13 week old chick holding tail down

[Susan E]

My Crested Cream Legbar tail is down. She has no signs of illness, good energy and appetite. She was like this all day today and yesterday. Is this ok? I've read about chickens who are egg bound that do this, but she is not laying, and probably won'r for at least 5-9 weeks from now (guessing). Any thoughts?

 

[micstrachan]

A tail down just means she isn’t feeling well. I’d observe for a day and see if she stops it with the tail. If she keeps it up (the behavior, not the tail), you’ll need to examine her. We can walk you through that.

 

[Susan E]

Thanks! Tail up today all day so I'll post again if I start noticing more tail down behavior.