hen walking side-ways, please help!

[carrie+chicks]

Hey what ended up happening with your "drunk" walker. One of my ladies is going through a crazy heavy molt and doing the same kind of walk that yours did. I'd love to know how it worked out.

 

[Noobchick]

It turned out fine. She walked around drunk for a few days; I really upped her protein for about a week. (Raw oatmeal, Greek yogurt watered down with a little buttermilk and with finely chopped scrambled eggs mixed in, freeze dried mealworms.) She was much better after about a week-- not so much staggering around, but still a little weak. After two weeks she was 100% better and had beginnings of new feathers. A couple weeks after that, she was fully, beautifully newly feathered. That was a HARD molt on her! Full (and sudden!) molt in a few days, then fully feathered and laying in about a month. Took my other girls at least 2 months to do the same.

Hope your girl feels better soon! Extra protein does help!

 

[mitch4u]

Hey what ended up happening with your "drunk" walker. One of my ladies is going through a crazy heavy molt and doing the same kind of walk that yours did. I'd love to know how it worked out.

I increased the protein for my hen too. Before long she was back to normal and fully feathered. Her new feathers are a really dark, beautiful color. You can pick her out from the other Buffs. None of my other hens have ever had that problem, and I am hoping that don't in the future. That was really hard on her. Now, even though she is almost 3 years old, I get a beautiful egg from her every other day.