I have a rhode island red bantam hen who we hatched a couple of years ago under a broody hen.
Over the last year she's started having what I assume are seizures, started off with her leaning back and her legs and wings going stiff with her head stretched down but then coming out of it just as quick as it came on.
Now we are at the point where she falls over and kicks her legs and flaps her wings, eyes closed whilst shaking but again once she's out of it she jumps back up and carries on with what she was doing.
Once she was running down the garden after me and the other chickens, dropped to the ground and had a seizure before hopping back up and flying the rest of the way down the garden to catch up.
Ive never seen anything like this before.
Has anyone had any experience with anything like this?
I'm wondering am I doing the right thing by keeping her alive.
Currently she is behaving normally, eating, drinking, laying, dustbathing, interacting normally and a good weight, but with seizures randomly and when she gets excited or stressed.
Over the last year she's started having what I assume are seizures, started off with her leaning back and her legs and wings going stiff with her head stretched down but then coming out of it just as quick as it came on.
Now we are at the point where she falls over and kicks her legs and flaps her wings, eyes closed whilst shaking but again once she's out of it she jumps back up and carries on with what she was doing.
Once she was running down the garden after me and the other chickens, dropped to the ground and had a seizure before hopping back up and flying the rest of the way down the garden to catch up.
Ive never seen anything like this before.
Has anyone had any experience with anything like this?
I'm wondering am I doing the right thing by keeping her alive.
Currently she is behaving normally, eating, drinking, laying, dustbathing, interacting normally and a good weight, but with seizures randomly and when she gets excited or stressed.