Not sure what’s wrong

coop21denk

Chirping
13 Years
Apr 22, 2012
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I came home and one of my hens isn’t standing up straight like normal. I have a feeling my rooster was a little too aggressive. She’s walking squatty like. I can barely see her feet when she walks. It doesn’t seem to bother her but I can’t imagine it’s ver comfortable.

I have separated her from the adults and she’s in with my younger flock now. She’s head of the pecking order and seems to be doing ok.

Anyone know what has happened? Are her legs dislocated? Or tendons stretched? I’m not sure whether to just leave her as is since it doesn’t seem to bother her or try to fix her.
 

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I came home and one of my hens isn’t standing up straight like normal. I have a feeling my rooster was a little too aggressive. She’s walking squatty like. I can barely see her feet when she walks. It doesn’t seem to bother her but I can’t imagine it’s ver comfortable.

I have separated her from the adults and she’s in with my younger flock now. She’s head of the pecking order and seems to be doing ok.

Anyone know what has happened? Are her legs dislocated? Or tendons stretched? I’m not sure whether to just leave her as is since it doesn’t seem to bother her or try to fix her.
Does she lay eggs?

You'd have to pick her up and examine the leg to see if they are dislocated or if something is going on with her legs.

Any chance she ate something moldy, rotten, etc.?

Could be injury from the rooster.

Can she hold her neck up?

I'd see that she's able to eat/drink very well on her own. Give 1/4 tablet B-Complex and 400IU Vitamin E daily along with a little egg.

If she lays, then I'd also give her 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 once daily for a week.
 
My guess is my 2 yr old rooster is too aggressive. I saw him mount another hen and left her pretty much in shock. She wasn’t moving, just sat there, so I separated her and she died a few days later. She was also an older hen. I think he’s the one that may get removed next.

Yes she eats and drinks fine. That was a photo as she was getting ready to eat. She holds her head up fine, like normal.
I’m still waiting to see if she’ll lay still. She may be past her laying years anyway.
I have picked her up and she doesn’t seem to be in pain or try to struggle. I’ll try to get a good look at her legs again.
 
My guess is my 2 yr old rooster is too aggressive. I saw him mount another hen and left her pretty much in shock. She wasn’t moving, just sat there, so I separated her and she died a few days later. She was also an older hen. I think he’s the one that may get removed next.

Yes she eats and drinks fine. That was a photo as she was getting ready to eat. She holds her head up fine, like normal.
I’m still waiting to see if she’ll lay still. She may be past her laying years anyway.
I have picked her up and she doesn’t seem to be in pain or try to struggle. I’ll try to get a good look at her legs again.
If this is the second hen with that is not well after being mounted by the rooster, I'd separate him out to his own space.
 

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