My alpha, Butterfly, a Salmon Faverolle who is three years old, was injured six weeks ago when fighting with a much larger hen. At the time, I thought she sprained her hip as she was favoring that leg and limping. When she’d jump down from the step or roost, she’d almost face-plant. She seemed to (mostly) heal from her injury and get back to almost her always cheerful self, but now she’s molting and miserable. She’s off her feed, she doesn’t want to come out of the run and always plops down underneath something instead of running round with the rest of the girls. Worse yet, she actually lets me lift her off the roost in the morning (she gets up there without my help).
She is drinking enough, but I’m afraid she‘s not well. Her tail, what’s left of it, is down a lot and she just wants to lie under my chair. She ate part of a scrambled egg and some wet chow yesterday, but she used to be a chow hound. I’m pretty sure I already know the answer, but just need some advice from the group. Is it time to cull her, or should I give her time to get through the molt and see if she improves? @aart @DobieLover
She is drinking enough, but I’m afraid she‘s not well. Her tail, what’s left of it, is down a lot and she just wants to lie under my chair. She ate part of a scrambled egg and some wet chow yesterday, but she used to be a chow hound. I’m pretty sure I already know the answer, but just need some advice from the group. Is it time to cull her, or should I give her time to get through the molt and see if she improves? @aart @DobieLover
