jessmeagan
Chirping
- Sep 25, 2016
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I've got a 8-month-old hen that's been sneezing a lot. I noticed it last week while they were having their afternoon free range time. Her sneezes start and continue on for at least 5 minutes back to back. Other than that she wasn't acting funny at all, no discharge from eyes or nose and didn't seem to have any trouble breathing (although we had an unexpected heat wave that has them all panting & holding their wings out).
I got the 'vitamins, minerals, and electrolyte pack' along with the 'healthy gut bacteria' additive from Jeffer's to add to their food & water just in case. So we added those about 4 days ago.
Then today she wouldn't get out of the nesting box! Thet always wait by the door at 3 pm to be let out and even if she's up in the box she normally jumps down to explore with the rest of them. Today she stayed in the box so we pulled her out for a bit (and took the single egg in the box since she was hoarding it the others didn't lay). She went back in shortly after and hasn't left since. She doesn't get puffy or hiss when we touch her in the box although she LOVES to be petted and often comes up & squat's down for us to pet her.
If she was any of the other girls I would know something is wrong since they don't like to be touched but she just made her normal small chuckles and puffed up her back tail feathers like always when she's petted. I spread some scratch in the coop during sunset but she STILL didn't come down to get any which is definitely not like her since they all LOVE it!
I don't know if she's broody or if she might possibly be sick? What should I do?
I got the 'vitamins, minerals, and electrolyte pack' along with the 'healthy gut bacteria' additive from Jeffer's to add to their food & water just in case. So we added those about 4 days ago.
Then today she wouldn't get out of the nesting box! Thet always wait by the door at 3 pm to be let out and even if she's up in the box she normally jumps down to explore with the rest of them. Today she stayed in the box so we pulled her out for a bit (and took the single egg in the box since she was hoarding it the others didn't lay). She went back in shortly after and hasn't left since. She doesn't get puffy or hiss when we touch her in the box although she LOVES to be petted and often comes up & squat's down for us to pet her.
If she was any of the other girls I would know something is wrong since they don't like to be touched but she just made her normal small chuckles and puffed up her back tail feathers like always when she's petted. I spread some scratch in the coop during sunset but she STILL didn't come down to get any which is definitely not like her since they all LOVE it!
I don't know if she's broody or if she might possibly be sick? What should I do?
