MOLTING HEN /SICK

loupan

Chirping
8 Years
Nov 24, 2011
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newzealand
Hi can anyone please help one of my chickens is not herself at all today i have 10 chooks and the 4 older shaver girls are all going through there first molt but one the biggest is having a real hard time bles her today i have noticed she is not walking around much at all and is real off balance she just wants to sleep =( havent seen her trying to eat much or drink is this normal molting behaviour she isnt even on the perch with the others tonight i put a cat box in the coop and filled it with bedding so she is warm but im so worried about her can someone tell me if anything else is going on or is this normal for a molting hen ,the others seem to be dealing with it ok and they are not attacking her or anything =( i have had her since a day old and i dont want to loose her she is a yr old now please any advise
 
How does her crop feel?

Molting is very difficult on birds. Any underlying health issues often come to the surface during molt. Some of the most common issues in molting birds are related to the crop. Crop stasis, impaction, and sour crop can rear their ugly heads during a molt. I wish I knew why.
 

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