New pullet, acting depressed?

[TinyRaptorDodos]

I got a two month old Pavlovskaya chick yesterday but she’s barely stood up or moved, as far as I’m aware she hasn’t eaten or drunk anything, even when we did still have her sister (she went to someone else) she wasn’t moving or eating. Even when I set her right next to the food or water and dip her beak in it she doesn’t react or try to drink or eat

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Change stresses out a chicken and it sounds like she could be in shock. On top of that she is a polish so not only is everything new she has poor vision of what's going around. Everything is scary, new and she can't see a thing! Sitting down might feel like the safest thing for her to do right now until she adjusts. First I would highly recommend trimming up her crest so she can see. It makes a huge difference in a Polish chickens personality when they can see. Next I would treat her like she's in shock. Put her and her sister together somewhere quiet and warm with little environmental stimulation. Adding some electrolytes and vitamins to an extra waterer will help with shock, stress and give her a boost through the transition to a new environment. Wetting their food might also help to make it more appetizing.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

Change stresses out a chicken and it sounds like she could be in shock. On top of that she is a polish so not only is everything new she has poor vision of what's going around. Everything is scary, new and she can't see a thing! Sitting down might feel like the safest thing for her to do right now until she adjusts. First I would highly recommend trimming up her crest so she can see. It makes a huge difference in a Polish chickens personality when they can see. Next I would treat her like she's in shock. Put her and her sister together somewhere quiet and warm with little environmental stimulation. Adding some electrolytes and vitamins to an extra waterer will help with shock, stress and give her a boost through the transition to a new environment. Wetting their food might also help to make it more appetizing.

Her sister went to a different home but I put her with a pullet i got yesterday and they seem to have bonded, elephant panics whenever Babs get scared. She does seem to be looking for me when I leave though, she seems better after moving her outside

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

Change stresses out a chicken and it sounds like she could be in shock. On top of that she is a polish so not only is everything new she has poor vision of what's going around. Everything is scary, new and she can't see a thing! Sitting down might feel like the safest thing for her to do right now until she adjusts. First I would highly recommend trimming up her crest so she can see. It makes a huge difference in a Polish chickens personality when they can see. Next I would treat her like she's in shock. Put her and her sister together somewhere quiet and warm with little environmental stimulation. Adding some electrolytes and vitamins to an extra waterer will help with shock, stress and give her a boost through the transition to a new environment. Wetting their food might also help to make it more appetizing.

Trimmed up and she was instantly more awake, elephant is freaking out though

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

Should I get her more chick feed or is she okay to move onto to hen feed? They’re small pellets, A family member told me they say her eating the standing in the water bowl and she ate when I put her out a few minutes ago

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Should I get her more chick feed or is she okay to move onto to hen feed? They’re small pellets, A family member told me they say her eating the standing in the water bowl and she ate when I put her out a few minutes ago

Chickens often have a hard time cold turkey transitioning to a new feed. If she was eating only crumbles before her not eating might have been from not knowing that pellets=food. If she starts gradually eating more then I would leave her with the pellets. If she isn't eating much still in the next day or so I would go grab a small 5lb bag of crumbles to mix with the pellets for her.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

Chickens often have a hard time cold turkey transitioning to a new feed. If she was eating only crumbles before her not eating might have been from not knowing that pellets=food. If she starts gradually eating more then I would leave her with the pellets. If she isn't eating much still in the next day or so I would go grab a small 5lb bag of crumbles to mix with the pellets for her.

She did start eating the pellets, I think she just forgets it’s food, she also doesn’t drink water just stands in it.

She’s so adorable, she does the baby chirping/clucking every time she pecks the food

 

[LaFleche]

Should I get her more chick feed or is she okay to move onto to hen feed? They’re small pellets, A family member told me they say her eating the standing in the water bowl and she ate when I put her out a few minutes ago

At only two months old she is too young to have layer-pellets.

It would be best to get her some all flock or even grower/starter feed and maybe grind it into smaller pieces.

 

[LaFleche]

Trimmed up and she was instantly more awake, elephant is freaking out though

This sounds as if your Elephant was not raised together with crested chickens and has a hard time to recognize her as such.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

This sounds as if your Elephant was not raised together with crested chickens and has a hard time to recognize her as such.

No no elephant absolutely loves her, she wasn’t raised with any other chickens so my flock “attacking” her scared her but Babs never did that, she’d just cuddle with her, she was freaking out when I took her away from her