Drunk Chicken

[buggal]

Did hen have access to rotting fruit on the ground? Birds can get drunk easily, including chickens. Persimmons and water melon are to be watched.


My account from last year linked below.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1053409/intoxicated-drunk-chickens

Thanks for the link. Good read. My drunk chicken just walked sideways, never nodded off or bobbed. I guess drunk chickens are like drunk people... they all handle the alcohol differently. ;-)

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Update on my Drunk Chicken,

She is doing good. No longer walking around like she's drunk. She is still pretty mad, I am guessing because she is away from the flock and not able to walk around and forage. She is still inside in a pen. It is way too cold for a chicken missing a lot of feathers to be roaming around. Last night it got down to 22 here. We haven't seen the temp go that low in over 2 years. She has a nesting box, food, water and a small heater (on the outside of the pen) that blows into one side of the area. She can use it to keep warm or not...her choice. Our temperatures are supposed to warm back up today so depending on how warm it gets she may have some time outside today.
Thanks for all that has taken an interest in my Drunk Chicken (I call her Jenna after one of my husbands old girlfriends that was a heavy drinker) Is that wrong of me? Hee Hee Hee

I'm glad she to hear she is doing well.

When you are ready, slowly start acclimating her to the outside temps. You may also need to pen her near the flock as well so they can get re-acquainted with them. Since she has been on sick leave she will most likely be viewed as a stranger.