My bantam 1 year old RIR hen is acting strange today. She is a really sweet friendly little girl. She is the one that stopped laying in Feb. and went broody on us. She didn't lay and wouldn't come out of the nest box for a few months. We gave her eggs to hatch and she was fixed. She just started laying eggs again last week. She laid a big one today.
Today she is kind of lethargic, I picked her up she was very quiet (she normally is very vocal) she just laid on my lap and closed her eyes. I thought she was going to die on me! I was petting her all over and she didn't care. Now she is laying under the coop with another large RIR that she used to pick on.
In the past I've seen my big Barred Rock hen peck her in the head. I hope she didn't hurt her.
Any ideas?
Today she is kind of lethargic, I picked her up she was very quiet (she normally is very vocal) she just laid on my lap and closed her eyes. I thought she was going to die on me! I was petting her all over and she didn't care. Now she is laying under the coop with another large RIR that she used to pick on.
In the past I've seen my big Barred Rock hen peck her in the head. I hope she didn't hurt her.
Any ideas?