Fainting Hen??

[SmartyChick]

My BA hen has collapsed 3 times in the last hour. She was free ranging, I turned around and saw her laying on the ground, feathers ruffled. I though she was dead , but in a few seconds she got up and started acting normal.

It sounds funny but when you see it it can is alarming. What is wrong with her??

 

[carolynb]

I have no idea....but....

from MA

 

[PortageGirl]

Is it a sunny day? They'll do that and fluff up possibly stretch out their legs and usually a wing and bask in the sun. Perfectly normal.

 

[Kendall Chicks]

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You are so right. Mine where doing it all day yesterday. They love the sun. They puff up their feathers get all comfy and sometimes lay on their side with their legs all spread out. I took pictures yesterday

 

[thornoelle]

It really sounds like sunbathing to me. They look like they have been killed to me when they do it but as you rush over to check them they get up and give you a look like why did you disturb me!

 

[flakey chick]

They also like to dustbathe which looks like they are having an epileptic fit. What you describe is perfectly normal.

 

[rhoda_bruce]

I used to have a fainter. She was a gift from a friend. My dad delivered her to me and when he pulled her out of the sack, she looked dead. We wet her head and she woke up.
After that we discovered that she fainted when she was tired out or too excited. Once a dog was running around the coop and all the chickens were going wild and she looked like she didn't know which way to turn and flooped over and was out cold.
She also use to lay these huge eggs and pass out afterwards. We called her Aunt Pittypat.

 

[SmartyChick]

Thanks all, I know it wasn't a dust bath, she was probably just enjoying the sun, we've had 8 straight days of rain

and yesterday was sunny and beautiful.