My hen seems off

[DelR]

My 5 month old hen normally walks around and clucks all of the time. She is placed with 2 roosters(they were hatched together). Today I noticed she was sort of isolating herself from things. I went in the chicken area and she stayed in a shaded area and didn’t even bother to look over at us. As I was putting them in for the night, she just stood in one place and made no noise. So I picked her up, but she starts flapping her wings and and freaking ojt which she hasn’t done before. I put her in the coop, worried, and she just stared at the wall. I’ll keep an eye on her, but any ideas on what this might be?

 

[micstrachan]

Has she started laying yet? Are the roosters trying to mate with her? Is it just the three of them?

 

[CalBickieMomma]

Sounds like maybe something spooked her...? She is at the right age for the hormones to start kicking in (should be close to laying time for her).

 

[DelR]

Has she started laying yet? Are the roosters trying to mate with her? Is it just the three of them?

She has not started laying yet, and I’m not quite sure if they are trying to mate with her. It is just the three of them

 

[DelR]

Sounds like maybe something spooked her...? She is at the right age for the hormones to start kicking in (should be close to laying time for her).

Yeah I thought that it may have something to do with laying as well, thank you!

 

[dawg53]

Your roosters are overbreeding your only hen and will seriously injure or kill her. It has already started. I recommend getting a lot more hens or get rid of both roosters.

 

[DelR]

Your roosters are overbreeding your only hen and will seriously injure or kill her. It has already started. I recommend getting a lot more hens or get rid of both roosters.

I have been in the process of finding new hens and will hopefully get some soon! I hope this will solve things. Should o separate the roosters from the hen during the day?

 

[CalBickieMomma]

Your roosters are overbreeding your only hen and will seriously injure or kill her. It has already started. I recommend getting a lot more hens or get rid of both roosters.

Definitely this. I‘ve had two hens sliced open (right above the hip) by my big roos (the reason I had to separate the boys from the girls and keep the bantam roo in with the flock). The first hen I lost. The second time it happened I took her straight to the vet. You don’t want to risk that kind of injury. Trust me .