Hi all!!
I have a hen, she is about 3 years old. I noticed she is standing around outside but not moving around a whole lot. She’s standing, I go over and she is alert and runs away from me when I go over which is typical for her. She’s not mean, but none of my chicks love being picked up as it is. She does have feathers missing from underneath her lower abdomen and around her vent. And a little around where her crop is, it’s red around this area.
Her crop appears firm but has a play dough like feel. I was worried about egg bound but I checked and didn’t feel anything hard, I also felt around her abdomen and didn’t feel anything hard.
She doesn’t appear to be in too much distress, just not moving around much. I haven’t seen her pass anything, her poo was a quite watery when I saw it last after I examined her but that’s all I’ve seen. I’m unsure if she is just molting her feathers, broody or if there is something else going on.
Please let me know of anything I should try or do, unsure what’s up with her!
I have a hen, she is about 3 years old. I noticed she is standing around outside but not moving around a whole lot. She’s standing, I go over and she is alert and runs away from me when I go over which is typical for her. She’s not mean, but none of my chicks love being picked up as it is. She does have feathers missing from underneath her lower abdomen and around her vent. And a little around where her crop is, it’s red around this area.
Her crop appears firm but has a play dough like feel. I was worried about egg bound but I checked and didn’t feel anything hard, I also felt around her abdomen and didn’t feel anything hard.
She doesn’t appear to be in too much distress, just not moving around much. I haven’t seen her pass anything, her poo was a quite watery when I saw it last after I examined her but that’s all I’ve seen. I’m unsure if she is just molting her feathers, broody or if there is something else going on.
Please let me know of anything I should try or do, unsure what’s up with her!