Behavior Change

[FreedomGalTx]

Does anyone know why my Wyandotte is sitting like this? It's new. She will move around, she eats, drinks. Her eggs aren't everyday like the others but she is having her neck feathers plucked. This morning we put her in lukewarm water with Epsom salt. Everything looks good. She did lay anegg today afterwards. Also it is very humid here this week. I just don't know why she keeps resting with her butt up. That's not how they normally rest while free ranging. Also she is doing it alone. But interacting with the others in between.

 

[aart]

She did lay anegg today afterwards.

Is she still laying like that after laying the egg?
Did the egg have a good hard shell?

What all and how exactly are you feeding?

Also it is very humid here this week

She may be suffering in the heat.
Do you give any electrolytes?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-extreme-weather-spiel.75893/

 

[FreedomGalTx]

Ok. I was wrong about her laying AFTER the soak. My husband said one was on the coop floor yesterday morning( hemp bedding) the shell was lighter than normal by my guess. Just let them out and another on the coop floor, soft shell & broken ( not broken the shell had no hardness) I did see her eating oyster shell last night when I changed the pan( I went to visit family for a week & am main carr giver) I quickly removed the egg because another went for it. I have not used electrolytes yet this summer. But I do have some. They made it through a "real feel" of 118 with ice added to the water & vomiting up water. This is just very humid sticky weather in the 90's. I can also say that my husband likely filled them with treats 2x a day or MORE while I was gone. He just won't listen. Red cabbage, meal worms, fruit. She also kept sitting like that after the soak on & off.

 

[PrettyBirdRocky]

Do you have a box fan you could try to give her? Just to see if it's the heat, maybe trying to go broody?

 

[FreedomGalTx]

Her sister is the one who goes broody. And I have an AC unit under the coop where they hunker down during the hottest hours. Idk what is going on with her