Mistress-with-birbs
Chirping
- Jul 29, 2022
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My hen Red has been pretty stressed out. One of my roosters must have been harassing her. She is blind in one eye so she is vulnerable to bullying and attack. I killed the offensive rooster but she is still traumatized and scared of the other (and only) rooster I now have.
I've been trying to deal with that, but now she's got an impacted crop and just now when she crapped there was undigested grass! I have never seen grass in crap like this. Could it be related to her being stressed? She is free range, she has access to all kinds of dirt and grit. I'm trying to make sure she is hydrated because I don't think she was getting enough water before. She was hiding in the goat pen where there isn't water accessible for chickens.
She's got access to lots of water now and I'm starting to give her oil by medicine dropper and massage her crop. I don't want to do the epsom salt flush. I did that to one chicken and the diarrhea that proceeded weakened her to where she didn't make it.
Red otherwise seems healthy. She is out and about clucking and scratching. She is drinking a lot and will eat.