Hen off nest, just sitting and puffed?

[traco]

Broody Cochin, no eggs under her. Been broody for week and a half roughly. She has come out into the run today, just sitting all puffed up but no clucking like a broody hen, won't eat when I put her by the food. Lethargic, eyes closed, droopy wings. Don't see or feel anything out of the ordinary with her crop or vent, nasals look normal, comb is not pale.

During this broody time, she has been coming off the next to eat, drink and dust bath, then back into the nest box. She was fine yesterday at dinner time, this morning has gone downhill. She is definitely not well. I just brought her into the garage as I noticed one of the other hens was starting to pick at her. Poor girl.

 

[featheredplanets]

Does your coop have mites? Broody hens get the brunt of them and can become lethargic. Broodies can sometimes become ill but this is after weeks and weeks of sitting and not getting up enough.