I guess that this question has been asked a million times already, but here it is.
One of my Buff Orps has been warming two golf balls for 5 weeks now. Poor thing is a shadow of what she was, she feels very light and her feathers somehow don't sit right on her. I recently started taking her out of the nest every morning when I clean their house and she eats a little scratch then rushes back to the nest.
I am concerned for her well being, is she hurting herself on this hunger strike? How long is the worst case (which it seems I'm about to reach)?
Originally, I separated her in a small fenced area without bedding, but after an incident involving a hawk (which got tangled in the fence while the hen flew by his beak), I decided to let her be. However, 5 weeks later and the way she looks make me think that she cannot hold on much longer...
Cheers,
One of my Buff Orps has been warming two golf balls for 5 weeks now. Poor thing is a shadow of what she was, she feels very light and her feathers somehow don't sit right on her. I recently started taking her out of the nest every morning when I clean their house and she eats a little scratch then rushes back to the nest.
I am concerned for her well being, is she hurting herself on this hunger strike? How long is the worst case (which it seems I'm about to reach)?
Originally, I separated her in a small fenced area without bedding, but after an incident involving a hawk (which got tangled in the fence while the hen flew by his beak), I decided to let her be. However, 5 weeks later and the way she looks make me think that she cannot hold on much longer...
Cheers,