What could be wrong and what do I do??? When I got up this morning she was at the bottom of the ramp that takes her to the upper level of the coop, laying on her side. She could not stand at all. I noticed yesterday after work that this area was swollen and she was not walking correctly, often stumbling and just squatting. But at 5:30 like clockwork the two chickens made their way to the coop and I closed them up for the night. Then I found her this morning and I thought she was dead. I brought her inside and forced water with ACV in her and she took a little. I gave her some pureed veggies warmed and she ate that from a syringe and then seemed to want more so I put it in a little lid and she tried to stand and eat. I put some masked bananas with it and she went to town. Now she is able to hold her weight and stand but the extended whatever it is is making me nervous. She is in this tub which is sitting on a heating pad. She lays her head to the side as the crop or stomach or whatever is so swollen she can't rest normally. Oh and her coop does not sit on the ground, and we are in Houston so the low was only 47 last night. ONLY ugh. I only have 2 chickens and no predators (yet) so this is not the issue. They free range all day and put themselves in their coop around 5:30. They get crumbles with oyster shell that is out all the time.
Please anyone tell me what to do for her!
