Moricha
Chirping
Hello all,
One of my girls has either gotten injured or come down with something- or both.
EDIT: Video link of panting:
Penny is (I believe) a 3 month old hen and her breed is… to be honest, I’m not sure. I was only told she is an olive egger and I have had for for a month now. She is not laying yet. Her diet is Purina chick feed. She was fine until today.
Penny was likely attacked by one of our larger chickens as they recently merged and now cannot move or stand on her left leg, and has been panting heavily and quickly every 30ish seconds then stops. Her leg is almost lame as it is limp when I hold it.
She has been eating and drinking fine since I found her injured and I have her separated and in a dark place to recover. Her tail feather also looks a bit pecked over (I think the other chickens decided to kick her while she was down, so to speak…)
Now I am not sure if she was injured to begin with, or if she has gapeworm, or both. She doesn’t cry out when I touch her leg or back, and doesn’t seem to be in intense pain. I can move her tail feathers around and she also has no reaction. Her voice did start cracking yesterday, but I chalked it up to her growing into her “adult” voice.
Any suggestions welcome as I’ve grown very fond of little Penny. She’s very sweet and I want to make her feel better asap.
One of my girls has either gotten injured or come down with something- or both.
EDIT: Video link of panting:
Penny is (I believe) a 3 month old hen and her breed is… to be honest, I’m not sure. I was only told she is an olive egger and I have had for for a month now. She is not laying yet. Her diet is Purina chick feed. She was fine until today.
Penny was likely attacked by one of our larger chickens as they recently merged and now cannot move or stand on her left leg, and has been panting heavily and quickly every 30ish seconds then stops. Her leg is almost lame as it is limp when I hold it.
She has been eating and drinking fine since I found her injured and I have her separated and in a dark place to recover. Her tail feather also looks a bit pecked over (I think the other chickens decided to kick her while she was down, so to speak…)
Now I am not sure if she was injured to begin with, or if she has gapeworm, or both. She doesn’t cry out when I touch her leg or back, and doesn’t seem to be in intense pain. I can move her tail feathers around and she also has no reaction. Her voice did start cracking yesterday, but I chalked it up to her growing into her “adult” voice.
Any suggestions welcome as I’ve grown very fond of little Penny. She’s very sweet and I want to make her feel better asap.
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