Can you solve my mystery illness?

Ldeal

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8 Years
Sep 21, 2011
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A while back our EE Rose got really sick. She was around 9 months old and the day before she was fine. I let them out of the pen one morning and they all walked out but then Rose just fell down and laid there. Nugget our other hen started picking on her so i shooed her away and went over to Rose to see what was going on. She was very lethargic, wouldn't stand up or walk around. So we brought her inside. She would not eat or drink so I had to resort to hand feeding her. This went on for about 2 weeks. I thought we were really close to loosing her, all she would do was lay in the dog kennel and not move or make noises. I couldn't even tempt her with veggies. Thankfully hand feeding her mash and water every day for those 2 weeks she pulled through and has now made a full recovery. She is about a 14 months old now and is laying everyday and no issues have come up,....well except she is molting right now so she looks pretty ugly. But I am curious as to what she may have gotten. If you anyone has any idea I would love to hear it!

 
Umm not sure what it could be but if I was to guess, perhaps some kind of poison? a poisonous plant or poison to kill weeds or mice. So glad she pulled threw, she looks mean in the picture... ha hahaha I take it she doesn't like her picture take. LOL..
 
lol she does look mean here. They were getting ready to roost so i think she wasn't enjoying the interruption. She is the sweetest hen we have though. She loves to cuddle and be scratched. She follows me around all the time.
 

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