Yesterday I said to my other half that our tiny little bantam, an ameraucana, looked "sad." He thought I was nuts and wondered how a chicken could look sad.
This morning I found her laying on the back patio, in the drizzle, looking miserable.
She's usually a shy bird, and that we were able to approach her and touch her indicates she is very, very sick.
She hasn't been laying eggs the last few weeks, but after giving her a thorough squeezing and palpating her she doesn't feel egg bound. In fact, she feels incredibly thin, though I've seen her eating and drinking what I believe is a normal amount (she will eat from our hands, but is very, very shy as a rule of thumb) and just recently was taking food from us - in the last 24 hours.
When we tried standing her up, her "toes" started to curl and she just rolled onto her side, looking rather pathetic.
We have her in a locked dog kennel, out of the rain and chill, isolated right now, but don't know what else to do with her.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated - she's a funny little girl and we'd hate to put her down.
This morning I found her laying on the back patio, in the drizzle, looking miserable.
She's usually a shy bird, and that we were able to approach her and touch her indicates she is very, very sick.
She hasn't been laying eggs the last few weeks, but after giving her a thorough squeezing and palpating her she doesn't feel egg bound. In fact, she feels incredibly thin, though I've seen her eating and drinking what I believe is a normal amount (she will eat from our hands, but is very, very shy as a rule of thumb) and just recently was taking food from us - in the last 24 hours.
When we tried standing her up, her "toes" started to curl and she just rolled onto her side, looking rather pathetic.
We have her in a locked dog kennel, out of the rain and chill, isolated right now, but don't know what else to do with her.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated - she's a funny little girl and we'd hate to put her down.
