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Sorry to be so long to respond. I failed to mention that she sustained an injury when they were first getting acclimated to a new coop. She was frightened by a visiting dog and ran under the coop which was lower than her head and she ripped her comb partially off. We were able to save it but it didn't grow back just right, thus the flopping. All my chickens have always changed comb colors thru shades of pink and red throughout the day.. Hers was red later in the day that same day. Seems to be influenced by how warm they are and yesterday was our coldest morning yet and came on pretty suddenly after days in the seventies. All the girls are fluffed and slow moving; I just assume everyone is needing to adjust to our crazy weather here. I'm not familiar with penguin stance but I searched for pix and that doesn't look to me like her stance - her bottom is not close to the ground at all. Her crop feels fine to me, as well as her belly. Her vent looks dry but none of the girls have been laying since molting started. And actually, after I was out of town for a couple of weeks. Wasn't sure about bringing her inside for the night because she will have another tough adjustment when she goes back out. We have a week of this weather then back in the 70's again. She is eating hemp seeds and tomato quite well as long as I'm feeding her; doesn't touch the feeders outside now tho. I have really enjoyed spoiling my babies! She is drinking water outside. Her stool was loose yesterday but I had given her tomato so didn't really think anything about it. No particular color that I remember. Didn't know there were specific vitamins for chickens; do you recommend a certain one? Will go out this afternoon to pick up some. I feel like I am trying to bury my head in the sand or be disagreeable, but I really don't mean to be. I'm just very puzzled. Oh, she is 2 1/2 years old.That bird looks sick... have you checked her crop or her vent? Her comb should be standing straight up and be red.... in the pic it looks like she is standing weird... is she standing like a penguin and pumping her tail up and down? The first thing I would do is separate her from the flock.
I use rooster booster vitamins with electrolytes.She has been inside with me and her droppings appear to be totally liquid and very nearly clear. She is still eating for me tho not as much as she should be. She holds out to be hand fed. She is drinking water. But still not much energy - just sits or stands around. What do you think of adding colloidal silver to her water?