Blue is my chicken
Songster
- Oct 13, 2023
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2 Days ago when I was putting my birds to bed I noticed one of my hens was not jumping on to the perch and her tail was down I picked her up and put her on the perch with her friends, the next morning I let them out and she did not come out so I picked her up and put her on the ground with her friends but she just stood there so I nudged her and she took a step forward but she was limping/knuckling her foot really badly, at first I thought bumble foot but I picked her up and her foot looked fine, so I carried her over to my carport and put her in a dog crate with food and water
She was breathing really heavily after I carried her, it was very raspy breath and her comb went purple! I was so worried.
I left her be and came back a little later and her colour had come back
I made her some scrambled egg with oats, tomatoes and sweetcorn, she was very happy and ate loads
Here is a video of her https://pin.it/1aPL9Z90h
That night we put her back in the coop with her friends and as my mum was carring her she started coughing and breathing really raspy as my mum put her in the coop she was coughing some stuff out and she dragged her leg and sat at the back of the coop
The next morning (today) we let them out and she was still sat at the back of the coop so we took her back to the crate and she was breathing funny again, we made her some more scrambled egg oats and tomatoes (she had not really eaten the sweetcorn) we put some vitamin b complex in it too
tonight we went to check on her and she had not really eaten, I mixed the food (it was a bit dry on top) and some fell out of the bowl and she snatched it up so I sprinkled most of it on the floor and she was happily eat so I left her be, I will take her a heat pad tonight and see how much she has eaten
Just to summarize
I noticed her acting weird 2 days ago
She was liming and knuckling her toes
Breathing bad after being carried
She is one year old will be 2 this year
She laid eggs last summer but has stopped over winter and has not started yet
Her name is Raspberry
Happy to answer any questions
Thanks for reading
She was breathing really heavily after I carried her, it was very raspy breath and her comb went purple! I was so worried.
I left her be and came back a little later and her colour had come back
I made her some scrambled egg with oats, tomatoes and sweetcorn, she was very happy and ate loads
Here is a video of her https://pin.it/1aPL9Z90h
That night we put her back in the coop with her friends and as my mum was carring her she started coughing and breathing really raspy as my mum put her in the coop she was coughing some stuff out and she dragged her leg and sat at the back of the coop
The next morning (today) we let them out and she was still sat at the back of the coop so we took her back to the crate and she was breathing funny again, we made her some more scrambled egg oats and tomatoes (she had not really eaten the sweetcorn) we put some vitamin b complex in it too
tonight we went to check on her and she had not really eaten, I mixed the food (it was a bit dry on top) and some fell out of the bowl and she snatched it up so I sprinkled most of it on the floor and she was happily eat so I left her be, I will take her a heat pad tonight and see how much she has eaten
Just to summarize
I noticed her acting weird 2 days ago
She was liming and knuckling her toes
Breathing bad after being carried
She is one year old will be 2 this year
She laid eggs last summer but has stopped over winter and has not started yet
Her name is Raspberry
Happy to answer any questions
Thanks for reading