Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do. 
I recently ordered for new hatchlings from metzer farms and very quickly noticed that they were lazier than my ducks I've had previously. But one in particular Doesn't get around much. At first we thought she was just lazy or overweight. She fell on her back a couple times which is totally normal I know I've had all of mine do it at some point or another. But as time went on probably in the second week I noticed that her walking was starting to become sort of what I would describe as lumbering. She usually only makes it a few feet at best and then flops down, which is causing problems because she can't get away from pooping if the others are eating they eat circles around her and poop and she will slide through it. I thought maybe it was a niacin deficiency, but 3 days into treatment and she's still getting worse. She is other symptoms that are really odd and I've searched the entire internet up and down for over a week and nothing quite matches this I'm hoping that somebody out there is familiar with her problem so I can get her feeling better. She's extremely happy, and talks to the others. But she doesn't mind being separated from them, and completely loves to be cuddled on, and has amazing trust for me. She will get kind of shaky as of her muscles are weak and then fall down. Her balance is terrible. She has this new symptom though that is is really strange - she will stand straight up really tall with her head crane forward almost touching her chest and everything will just freeze up and then she will topple over. Over the course of a few days though, because she trusts me and knows that I will come to her rescue and I'm never too far when they're awake and about (I'm keeping them in my living room because of the temperature outside until they're old enough). she will scream for me if I'm in another room and needs help, but then she started to do a kind of squeal when she locks up so that I know that it's coming and she's afraid of falling. And then a few more days in it seems like she can feel these episodes coming on, she will have this very faint kind of musical chirp and then stands up and locks up and then we'll be you know anticipating my rescue. Also, she has a bluish tint that comes and goes to her beak. The day I receive them in the mail the first thing I thought about her was well she seems like she has a touch of duck Downs or something, because she looked a little bit off - her eyes were not crusty but a bit red and and not fully open I don't know it just didn't seem quite right, but not enough to say hey that's a sick duck. I'm sure that there's more to add to this, but if anyone out there has any better direction to lead me and I would very much appreciate the help. She is quickly becoming very bonded to me, my kids, are parakeet who thinks he is the mother of all of the babies. And if anyone has any further questions so I can get get this little girl going then please post. Thank you
