- Sep 12, 2012
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In a matter of days, my perfectly healthy chicken went from laying happily to sitting on the bottom of her coop, breathing slowly & heavily. She has deteriorated quickly over the last 48 hours, but is still eating and drinking when I put food in front of her. She does not stand up and barely moves around - when i pick her up, she will flop back down and roll onto one side, one wing splayed out slightly, her normally upward-facing tail, tucked downward. My dog did chase her the other day, but no trauma can be found and she started displaying these symptoms a good 24 hours that happened. She is 1.5 years old. Only other change lately is that I replaced their bedding with new cedar chips. I've felt around for a possible egg being 'stuck' - I didnt find anything, but don't know exactly where to feel either. Her comb has become faded and flopped over. I'm very worried that she will not last the remainder of the week at this rate. Vitamin deficiency? Disease? Parasite? Please help