This morning when we opened the chickens one of our hens was sitting on the floor of the coop and my daughter said she looked like she is dying. I brought her in and feared she might be egg bound. I'm not confident in my assessment at all. I put her in a warm bath, but she just closes her eyes and seems to want to nap. I took her out after about 15-20 minutes and put her in a box with some towels next to my floor heat vent to keep her warm (our 1850 house is cold and drafty at the best of times). When I dried her off with the towel, I saw that her vent had been bleeding along the top, and looked a little puckered, kind of like a giant belly button. Not quite right, but not obviously prolapsed to me, the absolute non-expert. I offered her water, but she ignores it. When I check on her in the box, she ruffles up a tiny bit, just enough to show me she is still alive. When I pick her up, she does open her eyes for a moment or two. She has never really been handled before as we have quite a few birds, so I fear that my loving on her is more stressful than soothing. I tried putting water in a dropper, but she won't open her beak to let me give it to her. She did poop a tiny bit on my floor, and it was runny.
