RenegadeJane
Chirping
I swear, the luck I've had with this flock so far. . .
This is my first flock, I got 20 day old chicks, 3 were meant to be roosters. I had one female die on me within the first week, that was mostly due to my poor first aid (I thought her crop was impacted), though I think she wouldn't have made it anyway. I have a female scissor beak (who is doing fine, other than being a bit runty), and one of my roosters just dropped dead while I was away from the house one evening. Found him dead on his back, I assumed it was a heart attack.
So the rest are doing fine, but I have 1 female Cinnamon Queen that has just been acting odd since last weekend. She just stands around, not acting like a chicken, often times with her eyes closed. She just seems tired all the time. If I go to pick her up she'll get feisty, and I have seen her peck at food and water in the past few days, just never for very long and not very enthusiastically. I see no signs of trauma or damage on her. She seems perfectly normal other than her behavior. My first chick that died I would have described as VERY lethargic, would kinda stand there and wobble, never opened her eyes, this isn't quite like that. She will move around occasionally, she just doesn't act like the rest of the flock. I've checked her crop, it's empty, no blockage that I can find from touch. I've reintroduced ACV into their water in hopes that might help her.
I just moved them to their outdoor coop today, they have not really been "outside" yet. Just in a big brooder box in my basement.
Any ideas what could be wrong with her?
This is my first flock, I got 20 day old chicks, 3 were meant to be roosters. I had one female die on me within the first week, that was mostly due to my poor first aid (I thought her crop was impacted), though I think she wouldn't have made it anyway. I have a female scissor beak (who is doing fine, other than being a bit runty), and one of my roosters just dropped dead while I was away from the house one evening. Found him dead on his back, I assumed it was a heart attack.
So the rest are doing fine, but I have 1 female Cinnamon Queen that has just been acting odd since last weekend. She just stands around, not acting like a chicken, often times with her eyes closed. She just seems tired all the time. If I go to pick her up she'll get feisty, and I have seen her peck at food and water in the past few days, just never for very long and not very enthusiastically. I see no signs of trauma or damage on her. She seems perfectly normal other than her behavior. My first chick that died I would have described as VERY lethargic, would kinda stand there and wobble, never opened her eyes, this isn't quite like that. She will move around occasionally, she just doesn't act like the rest of the flock. I've checked her crop, it's empty, no blockage that I can find from touch. I've reintroduced ACV into their water in hopes that might help her.
I just moved them to their outdoor coop today, they have not really been "outside" yet. Just in a big brooder box in my basement.
Any ideas what could be wrong with her?
