Hi All,
My chicken has been quite listless lately. I first thought it was the heat, but I'm no longer certain. I first noticed something was wrong when she wouldn't sleep up on the roost but instead would sleep in the nesting box with the broody hen (she isn't broody). Then, on a hot day (90's, very humid), I came across her standing up and half asleep- leaned forward, eyes closed. She let me pick her up with no problem, when usually she runs away. I brought her inside for two days to watch her, thinking she would perk up when she cooled down. She had some normal poops but also some dark green poops, some solid some very watery. She would stand in one place, wherever I placed her, and wouldn't wander around. When she sits she sometimes leans to the side. She started wandering around a bit more and eating, so I put her back outside on a slightly cooler day, and she wandered around with the flock a bit, scratching the dirt for bugs, but then I noticed she would hide her head under a bush and again seemed to sleep standing up. She is getting weaker, falling out of the nest box instead of stepping over it. Her eyes and nose seem clear, a slightly poopy bottom but she has always been that way. Any ideas? I have fresh water for the flock, purina start and grow without antibiotics, grit, oyster shell / egg shell, boss, and some bird feeder bird seed every once in a while, and then whatever they find while roaming the yard for a few hours.
My chicken has been quite listless lately. I first thought it was the heat, but I'm no longer certain. I first noticed something was wrong when she wouldn't sleep up on the roost but instead would sleep in the nesting box with the broody hen (she isn't broody). Then, on a hot day (90's, very humid), I came across her standing up and half asleep- leaned forward, eyes closed. She let me pick her up with no problem, when usually she runs away. I brought her inside for two days to watch her, thinking she would perk up when she cooled down. She had some normal poops but also some dark green poops, some solid some very watery. She would stand in one place, wherever I placed her, and wouldn't wander around. When she sits she sometimes leans to the side. She started wandering around a bit more and eating, so I put her back outside on a slightly cooler day, and she wandered around with the flock a bit, scratching the dirt for bugs, but then I noticed she would hide her head under a bush and again seemed to sleep standing up. She is getting weaker, falling out of the nest box instead of stepping over it. Her eyes and nose seem clear, a slightly poopy bottom but she has always been that way. Any ideas? I have fresh water for the flock, purina start and grow without antibiotics, grit, oyster shell / egg shell, boss, and some bird feeder bird seed every once in a while, and then whatever they find while roaming the yard for a few hours.
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