Hi. I’m new to posting, and I need some help. I tried to read through posts of people whose chickens had similar symptoms but there’s a lot of info kinda scattered all over the place.
One of my hens was on her roost this morning when I came to open the coop. She is usually at the door, squawking to get out. She’s an erratic layer (sometimes she lays while on the roost, sometimes she skips a day or two, sometimes the eggs are soft shelled,etc.) I put her in the nest, bc she looked a little puffed up and had her mouth open.
She got out of the nest immediately and went to the side of the coop and just stood. Her tail is up and kind of pulsing? Looks like she’s contracting by muscles to poop or lay.
The surface under the roost has diarrhea. She passed two more bits of diarrhea. She went back to the nest and laid down facing the back of the coop, which isn’t normal for her. She was laying down, still pulsing, with her eyes closed.
Now she left the nest and went to the back corner, where she stood with her tail straight back, pulsing, and head almost to the ground with eyes closed.
Now she’s laying with her head down.
Please help!
She is also quite warm.
She’s been off before for a day but not like this.
One of my hens was on her roost this morning when I came to open the coop. She is usually at the door, squawking to get out. She’s an erratic layer (sometimes she lays while on the roost, sometimes she skips a day or two, sometimes the eggs are soft shelled,etc.) I put her in the nest, bc she looked a little puffed up and had her mouth open.
She got out of the nest immediately and went to the side of the coop and just stood. Her tail is up and kind of pulsing? Looks like she’s contracting by muscles to poop or lay.
The surface under the roost has diarrhea. She passed two more bits of diarrhea. She went back to the nest and laid down facing the back of the coop, which isn’t normal for her. She was laying down, still pulsing, with her eyes closed.
Now she left the nest and went to the back corner, where she stood with her tail straight back, pulsing, and head almost to the ground with eyes closed.
Now she’s laying with her head down.
Please help!
She is also quite warm.
She’s been off before for a day but not like this.
RIP Wilma. 
