Is my araucana sick ?

[obi wan henobi]

Hello everyone. Our poor araucana has had quite a rough life so far. When we introduced her along with a marans, the flock were awful and attacked both of them despite the very slow monitored introduction. Our araucana was badly injured overnight, but with a bit of care and patience came out of it. About six-ish weeks ago she laid her first egg ! We got about 2-3 weeks worth of eggs. Thought we were in the clear. Then there were 2 soft shelled eggs that she'd walked on, and then one normal egg, and now nothing for 2 weeks.

She's never been a particularly boisterous thing, but the last week particularly she definitely seems slow. Today the marans has been pecking at her quite a bit. We're worried that she'll cannibalise her, perhaps learning it during their week in with the main flock (6 chickens, the ISA browns and leghorn were the meanest)

Her poo is normal, I can't find any evidence of her being egg bound, inspected her and didn't notice anything suspicious. It's really just her apparent lethargy and lack of eggs. She limped a little yesterday but is walking normally today.

I'm not sure what to do now ... does anybody have any suggestions ?


edited to add - after they were attacked by the flock we moved them to a seperate pen where they've been living happily, until now !

 

[nuthatched]

Is she molting? Maybe try some chicken electrolytes.

 

[obi wan henobi]

thanks for the reply ! No moulting that i can see. We've just entered spring here.

 

[obi wan henobi]

Just an update here for future readers who may have this same issue .... we watched her very closely, kept her separate from the marans and gave her some mash (wet pellet and yoghurt) and she seemed to be getting more energy. A few days later she was back to her normal self, and a week later the eggs started again.

So, I'm not really sure what the issue was but she is all fully recovered now

 

[Tonyroo]

Just an update here for future readers who may have this same issue .... we watched her very closely, kept her separate from the marans and gave her some mash (wet pellet and yoghurt) and she seemed to be getting more energy. A few days later she was back to her normal self, and a week later the eggs started again.

So, I'm not really sure what the issue was but she is all fully recovered now

She might have been recovering from the trauma she experienced and the stress of it.

All animals experience stress, trauma, anxiety, and depression, including chickens.

I'm glad she's doing better.

 

[SilkySilkie]

my flock stops picking on the little ones when they start laying