Our almost one-year-old Rhode Island Red went to sleep really early last night and wouldn't leave the coop in the morning. I isolated her in a dog crate and she refused to eat/drink anything. For 5 hours the only poop she had was this:
The white stuff on the bottom is just a dog pee pad. She pooped a little bit of liquid, but there's also some weird chunky white stuff. I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but I think I've seen my chickens have similar-looking feces.
I let her out for the afternoon and she walked around a little before plopping herself down. She pecked a little bit at the ground and some grass but I don't know if she actually ate anything. Her crop feels like there's some sort of rocks or eggshells in it(we do feed them eggshells) and wasn't empty in the morning while all the other chickens' were.
She isn't completely lethargic though. She's energized enough to break free whenever I try to pick her up and clamp her mouth shut whenever I try to feed her. I tried putting my finger up her vent and did not feel an egg so she's probably not egg bound. Nothing has happened recently that could have caused stress besides maybe it's been getting warmer for the summer (I live in Southern California so it gets pretty hot, we bring them inside the house with AC when it passes 90F).
Does anyone know what could be wrong with her?
The white stuff on the bottom is just a dog pee pad. She pooped a little bit of liquid, but there's also some weird chunky white stuff. I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but I think I've seen my chickens have similar-looking feces.
I let her out for the afternoon and she walked around a little before plopping herself down. She pecked a little bit at the ground and some grass but I don't know if she actually ate anything. Her crop feels like there's some sort of rocks or eggshells in it(we do feed them eggshells) and wasn't empty in the morning while all the other chickens' were.
She isn't completely lethargic though. She's energized enough to break free whenever I try to pick her up and clamp her mouth shut whenever I try to feed her. I tried putting my finger up her vent and did not feel an egg so she's probably not egg bound. Nothing has happened recently that could have caused stress besides maybe it's been getting warmer for the summer (I live in Southern California so it gets pretty hot, we bring them inside the house with AC when it passes 90F).
Does anyone know what could be wrong with her?