Frizzle hen sitting on nothing, won't eat!

[HuskerHens18]

Try get her to eat, sounds like she's wasting away. Maybe some meal worms, boiled egg yolk, cat food, wet her feed with plain yogurt, some Nutri Drench .... Good luck

She's already eating, drinking, and walking around the crate! Thank you so much! She worried me there for a while

 

[HuskerHens18]

I put my hens off the nest to eat and dust bathe if they don't do it themselves. I want my broody hens healthy, conditioned, and not parasite/disease vulnerable. They have to be off of the nest for half an hour. I think that a too-determined hen is an undesirable trait.

To the OP, though I said the above, your hen sounds like a right idiot with badly mutated instincts. I wouldn't hatch any eggs from her, even under another hen.

Yeah, I expected her to be a little bit more intelligent since she was a cochin Frizzle. I've only heard good things about them and it seems she had other plans my Sizzle and RIR/cochin mixes seem to be doing okay so far on their nest. I'm candling their eggs tonight so hopefully that gives them a break to eat/drink/bathe!