My Hen's Head is Upside-down

[lazy gardener]

 

[Eggcessive]

Actually, I would encourage her to get back with her flock with short supervised visits each day, so they don’t forget her and attack her when she rejoins them. If needed, sometimes placing them in the coop in a small dog crate with food and water, is a good way to keep them together, but keep her safe.
It is good to hear that she is improving, and I hope it continues.

 

[Isamama]

It's been 2 weeks now since I've started treating Susan with vitamins. (Vitamin E in the morning, poly-vi-sol in the evenings.) Her neck I getting better overall, but she's having issues with her balance still. I'm planning to get her back out in the run for short stretches this weekend and see how she does. Fingers crossed!

 

[staceyj]

Thanks for continuing to update.

If you have any nutridrench you might try that as well or as a replacement for the polyvisol

 

[Isamama]

5 week update: I moved Susan out to a wire cage in the coop today to get reacquainted with the others. I've still been giving her vitamin E and poly-vi-sol, and last night she made a second escape from her tote in the garage, so I thought it was time. (She was walking around pretty well then, too.) We're having a break in freezing temperatures so I thought it would be a good time to begin the transition and get her out from under the heat lamp. She still tucks her head a lot, but she's not having great quality of life cooped up in a tote in my garage. The hens attacked her pretty viciously when I set her down for a second to open the cage for her. It's hard for her to get away from them, plus everyone is in the coop because of the snow, they won't go in the run. I'm hoping just being around the other chickens will improve her quality of life, at least she's not all alone now. And when I went to get her this morning, there was a tiny little surprise waiting for me! Her very first egg! That's gotta be a good sign, right?

 

[staceyj]