Hello, I've got 3 chickens I bought last summer - my first girls!
My Plymouth rock started acting drunk last week - staggering around before bed. She was not too bad in the day - but if you looked closely her legs were shaking. I think maybe I hadn't been changing the layers pellets as often as I should and maybe she got some mould - lesson learned. Or maybe it was just a cold or a virus - do chickens get cols like we do?!
I've never given her (or the two other chooks - bantams) anything in their water. So, I got some Poultry Tonic and some ACV and have given them a few different top-ups in their water.
She has seemed to be getting better - no staggering and we're now a week on, but I was also thinking the whole time maybe it was scaly leg mites? I took photos this morning and wondered if anyone had any thoughts. Both bantams don't appear to be ill at all - although I can't see their feet!
Thank you!
My Plymouth rock started acting drunk last week - staggering around before bed. She was not too bad in the day - but if you looked closely her legs were shaking. I think maybe I hadn't been changing the layers pellets as often as I should and maybe she got some mould - lesson learned. Or maybe it was just a cold or a virus - do chickens get cols like we do?!
I've never given her (or the two other chooks - bantams) anything in their water. So, I got some Poultry Tonic and some ACV and have given them a few different top-ups in their water.
She has seemed to be getting better - no staggering and we're now a week on, but I was also thinking the whole time maybe it was scaly leg mites? I took photos this morning and wondered if anyone had any thoughts. Both bantams don't appear to be ill at all - although I can't see their feet!
Thank you!