One of the neighbourhood's hens is raising her chicks in my back yard. They are now 5 weeks old and there are only 2 left (out of 10. The picture was taken 10 days ago when there were still 3).
One of the remaining chicks had something weird going on with his wing feathers, they were crumpled and he could not jump up very well, but he grew some new ones and I thought he was improving.
Today he started running away from his mother for some reason. He calls in distress and she comes to his aid, but when he sees her he fleas frantically and hides from her. She doesn't understand what's wrong, and neither do I! It's been going on since this morning.
Any idea what the problem might be?
One of the remaining chicks had something weird going on with his wing feathers, they were crumpled and he could not jump up very well, but he grew some new ones and I thought he was improving.
Today he started running away from his mother for some reason. He calls in distress and she comes to his aid, but when he sees her he fleas frantically and hides from her. She doesn't understand what's wrong, and neither do I! It's been going on since this morning.
Any idea what the problem might be?