chicken suddenly ill !!

[little white]

One minute Hatsy was scratching and pecking around the yard with the other two hens, and the next minute she suddenly slowed way down. When I rounded up the girls and put them back in their coop, Hatsy went to the corner and lay down and fell asleep, fluffed up and tail drooping.
I put her inside the henhouse, and she drank a LOT of water, and slept standing at the water cup. It's not too hot out or too cold.. She'd been eating grubs and bugs all afternoon. There's no poison or fertilizer in the yard, although Poison was my first thought.

Any help is appreciated -- I'm afraid we're going to lose her!

 

[Judy]

See if anything here helps:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=15239-external-symptoms

I don't know. It could be something internal that you can't do anything about. Odd that she would be poisoned if the others are well.

Sorry you are going through this, and hope she perks up for you.

 

[Debi214]

How old is she? Is she just acting sleepy or is there anything else?

 

[little white]

Hatsy's about a year and a half old. She's a red sex link, and is a lively girl and a great layer. The other girls are just fine.