i have a question to ask new joined today for this reason.. in the past 6 months i have had 4 hens go down cant get up and eventually dies. we just checked one this morning to see if she was eggbound i followed ya'lls directions with the oil and all nothing. they can move their legs, head, eat and r pooping, but tailfeathers are droopped to the ground and cant stand up? i went ahead and put her down. they have no sniffles, no bloody stools, eyes clear no sores feathers are nice and shiny no mites they r free range i lock them in the barn at nite and open it in the daytime. they have fresh water, eat scratch and anything else they can find on 3 acres. i got rid of our aracauda rooster he was bought with the hens 14 months ago. he rode them pretty hard. some including this hen had lost feathers on their backs and necks do to him. he was huge i thought he was hurting them but he's been gone a week now. this last hen went down 3 days ago.
please help....
please help....