Emergency!!!

[ChickQueen77]

It does in case one or both of them threw themselves on top of her in an attempt to gang rape mate her.

I even once had one young cockerel breaking a pullets neck while trying to mate her as he grabbed her by the back of her head and pulled back forcefully while pinning her down with his whole body weight.

don't they pull feathers if they do that? because of they do she doesn't look like there are any feathers missing also all the other pullets are perfectly fine.

 

[LaFleche]

don't they pull feathers if they do that? because of they do she doesn't look like there are any feathers missing also all the other pullets are perfectly fine.

I just mentioned it as a possibility. She might have fallen from the roost, or be suffering from seizures, vitamin or nutrient deficiencies... the list goes on.

 

[LaFleche]

there is no roost

In that case the other might have piled on top of her at night which with smaller/younger chicks can lead to suffocation or damage to the vertebrae, hips and legs.

 

[ChickQueen77]

I just mentioned it as a possibility. She might have fallen from the roost, or be suffering from seizures, vitamin or nutrient deficiencies... the list goes on.

do you think it could be something that the other chickens could catch? because I wanted to put some standard sized pullets that are too little to be with the mature birds but the perfect size for being with bantams

 

[ChickQueen77]

In that case the other might have piled on top of her at night which with smaller/younger chicks can lead to suffocation or damage to the vertebrae, hips and legs.

I would think that but she was laying in the middle of the coop not even close to a wall which they normally lay against

 

[LaFleche]

do you think it could be something that the other chickens could catch? because I wanted to put some standard sized pullets that are too little to be with the mature birds but the perfect size for being with bantams

I would wait to add more birds until being able to see how she fares. In case she dies, send her off to your state vet laboratory for necropsy. This will be the only way to know for sure.

 

[LaFleche]

I would think that but she was laying in the middle of the coop not even close to a wall which they normally lay against

Is there a reason they don't have a roosting bar?

Chicks will start to roost from early as two weeks on.

Another thing to check is for blood sucking poultry mites. They can leave a bird severely anaemic in no time.

 

[ChickQueen77]

okay I will put the pullets in the other bantam coop but does it cost anything to send her off to the vet lab

 

[ChickQueen77]

Is there a reason they don't have a roosting bar?

Chicks will start to roost from early as two weeks on.

I just haven't got around to it yet and I don't know what to use since it is a fairly small coop

 

[LaFleche]

okay I will put the pullets in the other bantam coop but does it cost anything to send her off to the vet lab

You can call them in advance and they will give you all the details.