Is Alice broody or ?

[Chelseyb123]

Well I just know something. Is off. Maybe the stress of being apart from her sister? Idk but the since Thursday has been down poor and high winds then nice out then same again and then today is nice and sunny just breeze normal fall day here. But they've stayed in there area until today when I fixes the fence. And still she was the last one it more like I had to sho her out.hasn't dust bathed like everyone else has been or foraging around she been laying down a little puffed up by hersel and she has already finishes molting. And even this morning after my rooster mated with her she didn't even shake out her feathers like she normally does.

 

[chickens really]

Well I just know something. Is off. Maybe the stress of being apart from her sister? Idk but the since Thursday has been down poor and high winds then nice out then same again and then today is nice and sunny just breeze normal fall day here. But they've stayed in there area until today when I fixes the fence. And still she was the last one it more like I had to sho her out.hasn't dust bathed like everyone else has been or foraging around she been laying down a little puffed up by hersel and she has already finishes molting. And even this morning after my rooster mated with her she didn't even shake out her feathers like she normally does.

She sounds a bit ill...Any sneezing, coughing , swollen eyes . Discharge from her Beak?....

 

[chickens really]

Also I have a Silkie cross named Crazy Alice...Great name for a Hen....

 

[Chelseyb123]

No but this afternoon before we left she did perk up a but and started acting more normal maybe just the stress of things

 

[aart]

blue seal home fresh

What's the protein percentage?
Molting can be harder on some birds than others, they all need some extra protein when growing new feathers.
Might not be 'junk food', but it dilutes the nutrition of the main feed...keep the daily extras to less than 10% volume of feed consumed daily.

When i have a bird that seems like it might be ill, I isolate bird in a wire cage within the coop for a day or two....so you can closely monitor her intake of food and water, crop function(checking at night and in morning before providing more feed), and her poops.

I like to use a fold-able wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller mesh(1x2) on bottom of crate under tray.
Then you can put tray underneath crate to better observe droppings without it being stepped in.
If smaller mesh is carefully installed, tray can still be used inside crate.

 

[Chelseyb123]

Well this morning she was out by the door with everyone instead of in the coop still roosting like she did foe two days and then is out foraging around like normal with everyone. I think being kept in there pen for three days, rainy windy weather, me removing trudy for a couple days changed their pattern of things.