Help please!

[azygous]

Who can know? Elevating glucose can help dramatically with sudden decline caused by unknown issues. Molt and very cold temps can knock a chicken down like this. Simply raising the blood sugar can goose a chicken back into the world of normal. This often works with any sort of environmental stress, and it's the first thing I do when a chicken is acting listless with poor coordination, walking "drunk". Sometimes this is all it takes. If it's been hot, I add a pinch of salt to the sugar water, as heat sickness presents like this.

From here, focus on building her energy reserves back up with special foods such as fish, liver, hamburger, and firm up her poop with boiled rice and keifer, yogurt or buttermilk. Do this every two days this next week. And push poultry vitamins. Poultry Cell or Nutri-drench.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

A hawk zooming around can definitely affect some birds more than others. I have Homing Pigeons and Chickens so hawk visits are daily. Some of my flock just run or fly into the nearest shrub or into their coop asap. A few actually just keel over & I thought one youngster had literally died of fright. All of my birds are in predator proof pens but the hawks zoom in, so it still creates terror. Terror can be paralyzing & draining. A few in my flock were young & had a similar experience, they refused to eat the rest of that day, so naturally the next day poop was watery. I'm your neighbor here in Delaware, so yeah the temperatures have dropped quite a bit as compared to just a week ago. When it gets into the 20s & 30s, birds can't afford to skip a meal. You did well, keeping her in a calm safe place, with warmth & food.

The hawks can't afford to miss meals either, so if a young hawk hasn't eaten, it will get weaker & hang around our flocks more. So keep that in mind, tis the season.
I've had a few hawks get so weak with hunger, as they sat on the ground trying to figure out how to get to my birds, I walked right up & scooped up hawks in a towel, then took them to a rescue wildlife rehab I used to volunteer with. It's pretty cool to be the one to liberate hawks after a week of eating & rest. Needless to say, I drove them to a wildlife refuge for their release, not near my flock.

Our vulnerable Chickens will always know to move fast at the sight of predators, but when they're still fairly young they may panic, then go into a bit of shock. You did well, good observant poultry parent!

 

[jcomp]

Who can know? Elevating glucose can help dramatically with sudden decline caused by unknown issues. Molt and very cold temps can knock a chicken down like this. Simply raising the blood sugar can goose a chicken back into the world of normal. This often works with any sort of environmental stress, and it's the first thing I do when a chicken is acting listless with poor coordination, walking "drunk". Sometimes this is all it takes. If it's been hot, I add a pinch of salt to the sugar water, as heat sickness presents like this.

From here, focus on building her energy reserves back up with special foods such as fish, liver, hamburger, and firm up her poop with boiled rice and keifer, yogurt or buttermilk. Do this every two days this next week. And push poultry vitamins. Poultry Cell or Nutri-drench.

Good info here. Didn’t think to do boiled rice. She did eat almost an entire boiled egg this morning quite happily. Any particular yogurt you would recommend?

 

[azygous]

Greek yogurt is my favorite because it has all natural enzymes and it's super thick, not runny. Get unflavored.

 

[jcomp]

A hawk zooming around can definitely affect some birds more than others. I have Homing Pigeons and Chickens so hawk visits are daily. Some of my flock just run or fly into the nearest shrub or into their coop asap. A few actually just keel over & I thought one youngster had literally died of fright. All of my birds are in predator proof pens but the hawks zoom in, so it still creates terror. Terror can be paralyzing & draining. A few in my flock were young & had a similar experience, they refused to eat the rest of that day, so naturally the next day poop was watery. I'm your neighbor here in Delaware, so yeah the temperatures have dropped quite a bit as compared to just a week ago. When it gets into the 20s & 30s, birds can't afford to skip a meal. You did well, keeping her in a calm safe place, with warmth & food.

The hawks can't afford to miss meals either, so if a young hawk hasn't eaten, it will get weaker & hang around our flocks more. So keep that in mind, tis the season.
I've had a few hawks get so weak with hunger, as they sat on the ground trying to figure out how to get to my birds, I walked right up & scooped up hawks in a towel, then took them to a rescue wildlife rehab I used to volunteer with. It's pretty cool to be the one to liberate hawks after a week of eating & rest. Needless to say, I drove them to a wildlife refuge for their release, not near my flock.

Our vulnerable Chickens will always know to move fast at the sight of predators, but when they're still fairly young they may panic, then go into a bit of shock. You did well, good observant poultry parent!

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Wow! That’s so unfortunate for the hawk. Times can be tough though. It is very much survival of the fittest. This hen is so sweet. She’s a tank and yet she was at the bottom of an evergreen shrub on the opposite side of our house. Our roo was under my car as flat to the ground as he could possibly be haha. Kinda funny, but I don’t think he will be fighting off predators any time soon. Chickens are such an interesting animal to look after though. Very rewarding.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Greek yogurt is my favorite because it has all natural enzymes and it's super thick, not runny. Get unflavored.

Mine go nuts for strawberry & blueberry if they don't have any plain

I've offered a scoop of yogurt on a bowl of warm oatmeal. (Resembled humans in a frenzied pie eating contest )

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Mine go nuts for strawberry & blueberry if they don't have any plain

I've offered a scoop of yogurt on a bowl of warm oatmeal. (Resembled a pie eating contest )

Oatmeal cooked or raw? If cooked I assume unsalted?

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Oatmeal cooked or raw? If cooked I assume unsalted?

Yes I cooked the oatmeal with water, no milk, sugar or salt. They enjoy scrambled eggs & cantaloupe or watermelon, too.

 

[jcomp]

Mine go nuts for strawberry & blueberry if they don't have any plain

I've offered a scoop of yogurt on a bowl of warm oatmeal. (Resembled a pie eating contest )

I’d very much love to see that. Ya, my kids only eat vanilla and strawberry so that’s why I ask. That would make for a great reunion today (or is it too early to put her back in the coop?).

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I’d very much love to see that. Ya, my kids only eat vanilla and strawberry so that’s why I ask. That would make for a great reunion today (or is it too early to put her back in the coop?).

When reintroducing anyone that's been away, I will do so as long as I can hang out to make sure all is well, then check often. I might even reunite for a few hours at a time, Or reintroduce using a cage or a barrier, it just depends on how everyone acts. They can sometimes be a bit mean, if they're older. If she seems fine & is pecking around, getting along with everyone, it's good. If she isolates & puffs up staying alone or if others peck & back her into a corner, constantly bully her, it's not good. A few pecks with a peck back, then resume dustbathing or normal milling about, is what we all hope to see. I know that doesn't give you an exact answer, but the time frame is going to be different for every scenario, And reuniting someone That's been separated will also sometimes be a totally different scenario. A long separation sometimes is more difficult, because the pecking order has been disturbed, and must be reastablished. I've only had one hen, 3 yrs old, that got bullied so badly she would cower in a corner, and I had to totally remove her from that group, and introduce her to a different group of chickens that were gentle. Most of the time though, if the separation time has been short, and they're still fairly young all will go well. I've reintroduced young ones with me bearing gifts of meal worms and everything went fine, they were so focused on treats they didn't even care about anything else. I hung a cabbage up to keep them occupied, too. I've also reintroduced, sticking the chicken on the perch at night so when they woke up, it was as if they'd never been separated...but of course they ready knew eachother. Introducing a totally new hen, I use a cage or barrier for a few days. As young as yours are, & since they already know eachother, it should probably go easy.