Snicketysnoksnaksnik
Chirping
- Nov 26, 2021
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Hello
I have a hen who is roughly six years old, she has been acting off for a week or so now.
-she’s seemed scruffy
-vent area is dirty while in the past it has been very clean
-comb and wattles have been pale but then reddened again (currently a pale-ish red)
-has been much lower on the roosts and she is a top hen
today i found her on her own in a little secluded spot, at first i thought she was okay and just resting but she didn’t move as i got closer. she is normally quite skittish so i found it odd. i went to pick her up and she is very skinny.
i’ve taken her and put her in a crate and am now giving her tomato, lettuce, wet feed and some electrolytes. she‘s eating quite well but keeps dropping off to sleep.
any ideas what this might be?
extra things about her:
-she’s a small mix-breed bantam
-we hatched her six years ago
-she hasn’t laid an egg in around two years
I have a hen who is roughly six years old, she has been acting off for a week or so now.
-she’s seemed scruffy
-vent area is dirty while in the past it has been very clean
-comb and wattles have been pale but then reddened again (currently a pale-ish red)
-has been much lower on the roosts and she is a top hen
today i found her on her own in a little secluded spot, at first i thought she was okay and just resting but she didn’t move as i got closer. she is normally quite skittish so i found it odd. i went to pick her up and she is very skinny.
i’ve taken her and put her in a crate and am now giving her tomato, lettuce, wet feed and some electrolytes. she‘s eating quite well but keeps dropping off to sleep.
any ideas what this might be?
extra things about her:
-she’s a small mix-breed bantam
-we hatched her six years ago
-she hasn’t laid an egg in around two years