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Chirping
Sorry for the length, just trying to get all the symptoms.
Three days ago, I let the hens out into their large run and sat with them for a bit. Everyone was exuberant and active, especially Penny who follows me around. I left for work and since it was a nice day, I came home at lunch to let them out to free range. Penny was sitting alone and didn’t come running to see me.
We are still waiting for her to lay her second egg. Her first was over 3 weeks ago, so I took her up to the coop thinking she might lay but she came back down to their “balcony” and I went back to work. She stayed there all day and when I got home she seemed very uncomfortable. I thought maybe a bound egg. Did the warm bath and set up a crate in the house. She ate scrambled eggs and drank. Every now and then she would close her eyes and grimace, and appear to strain. Scant droppings, hardly a thing and quite wet.
By morning she wanted OUT and seemed herself again. Had a huge poop on my floor. Perky. Took her back to the coop/run. It was another lovely day so at lunch I let them out to free range and she bolted out with the others.
She was the last to come up to roost that night which was odd, but she jumped up and settled in.
Morning had two loose dropping under her. By evening she had not left her roost and very watery droppings under her.
Took her back in the house, she was very wobbly on her feet and would zone out and sorta crash in my arms, the floor, anywhere. Her crop felt like a small hard acorn. I massaged it and it disappeared. I gave her a bit of water with a dropper. Another warm bath (there’s no egg in there that I can feel) then into her crate. She just laid down and fell asleep. By 9:30, in the dark, she was eating the scrambled egg I made her. Won’t drink though.
This morning, perky again, pecking at bits in her crate. Came out and had a ginormous poop. Dark green and white. Saw no worms. Then she seemed to tire so she went back in her crate.
She keeps sort of snapping her beak and moving her tongue. Kinda like they would do after drinking but she’s not drinking.
No bad smell coming from her.
Any thoughts?
Three days ago, I let the hens out into their large run and sat with them for a bit. Everyone was exuberant and active, especially Penny who follows me around. I left for work and since it was a nice day, I came home at lunch to let them out to free range. Penny was sitting alone and didn’t come running to see me.
We are still waiting for her to lay her second egg. Her first was over 3 weeks ago, so I took her up to the coop thinking she might lay but she came back down to their “balcony” and I went back to work. She stayed there all day and when I got home she seemed very uncomfortable. I thought maybe a bound egg. Did the warm bath and set up a crate in the house. She ate scrambled eggs and drank. Every now and then she would close her eyes and grimace, and appear to strain. Scant droppings, hardly a thing and quite wet.
By morning she wanted OUT and seemed herself again. Had a huge poop on my floor. Perky. Took her back to the coop/run. It was another lovely day so at lunch I let them out to free range and she bolted out with the others.
She was the last to come up to roost that night which was odd, but she jumped up and settled in.
Morning had two loose dropping under her. By evening she had not left her roost and very watery droppings under her.
Took her back in the house, she was very wobbly on her feet and would zone out and sorta crash in my arms, the floor, anywhere. Her crop felt like a small hard acorn. I massaged it and it disappeared. I gave her a bit of water with a dropper. Another warm bath (there’s no egg in there that I can feel) then into her crate. She just laid down and fell asleep. By 9:30, in the dark, she was eating the scrambled egg I made her. Won’t drink though.
This morning, perky again, pecking at bits in her crate. Came out and had a ginormous poop. Dark green and white. Saw no worms. Then she seemed to tire so she went back in her crate.
She keeps sort of snapping her beak and moving her tongue. Kinda like they would do after drinking but she’s not drinking.
No bad smell coming from her.
Any thoughts?
