Low slung ladee

[Lellyjelly]

My kids bought me 6 ex caged hens for my sixtieth birthday, 2 years ago. We've had a few losses, mainly when the ladees have just looked ill, then laid down and died, and I have had some replacement ladees, this time ex "free range" (huh - they were in a far worse state than the caged ones when they arrived, with only a couple of dozen feathers between them). Anyway, they have mostly survived and look really good these days. Now, Jennifer-hen, one of my originals, so I guess a few years old now, has been looking "wrong" the last few days, she's very low slung and walking a bit like a duck. She's eating and drinking fine and looks quite healthy in appearance, although she is spending some time just standing still and apparently asleep. I gave her some Poultry nutri drops (Nettex) a couple of days ago, but she hasn't responded to them. Any ideas? Is she just old? I don't know how long hens live, or how old they are when they leave commercial production places.

 

[drumstick diva]

have you wormed any of the rescues, or checked them over well for lice or mites. Any of those left untreated can kill birds over time.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Hello, and welcome to BYC!!

Glad to have you aboard!!

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

You might want to post your bird in the Injuries and Diaeases section of the forum for a more-informed answer.

 

[weimarmama]

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from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

 

[Lellyjelly]

Thanks for welcomes!
1muttsfan - I've now posted in the diseases bit, so hopefully will get some responses
drumstick diva - have wormed and deloused fairly regularly since I got the Ladees, but spring is here (living in England, "spring" is a bit of a joke at the moment), so may be time to do again.
Will get my head around how to answer different people in my thread without doing separate ones!

 

[liz9910]

 

[redsoxs]

Howdy from Kansas, LellyJelly, and

! Great to have you with us!