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Hi, I just registered and hope this is a start to a new journey with you guys on good news!
I have two gorgeous Silkie Banty's. One's a Silver Partridge and one's a white Silkie. My white one will be 2 this year. They're in separate cages. Silver one is doing just fine and she will be 3 in December.
I feed the kids Purina feed, Egg shells now and then, and Purina Flock Block. I also put Apple Cider frequently in the water. As of yesterday my white hen would keep her head down like it's droopy. She really hasn't ate in the past two days it seems, but touched her water some. Her cage is empty and there's no droppings. Maybe she's constipated?
At 1am this morning, I noticed her doing some weird head shaking and trying to bury her head under her chest. She would keep backing up and then eventually flip because her head would be so far underneath herself. I watched her for a few. At 8am today I put some Flock Block in there and she ate for a good while. She ate real good, more than she has in a few days. She drank a lot too. She walks around just fine for a good while then she's back to doing her head shaking and trying to hide it underneath her. She finally went to the bathroom, but it was a tiny watery running poop which is unlike her. I noticed she finally laid an egg too probably around 9ish.
They are indoor chickens, so they do not have mites. They're no bugs on them. So I'm stuck. Lack of calcium, constipation or egg bound? Or is it something else. Her eyes are clear. If I go to a grocery store what kind of cod liver oil do I purchase? Would that help if she's egg bound or constipated? Her twisting her neck back and forth, and her burying her head so far that she flips is bothering me. Then she will walk around slow, but fine, has me clueless.
I did read if she's constipated a good warm bath will help. I let the water just run and had her propped up just soaking. I did not bathe her for I had to keep her head up from trying to bury it. I kept her in there for about 10 minutes. Then I dried her. I put her back into her cage and finally pooped which was a brownish color, but it was small. Still not a normal dropping, but much better from her earlier water running dropping. She is still doing her head thing. It's now 2:30pm in the afternoon. I don't know how many eggs a chicken can lay in one day, but she did her one today which is a solid egg. So I don't know if its egg bound.
Any help would be great. Maybe get her some certain greens from the store or cod liver oil? Thank you for your time.
I have two gorgeous Silkie Banty's. One's a Silver Partridge and one's a white Silkie. My white one will be 2 this year. They're in separate cages. Silver one is doing just fine and she will be 3 in December.
I feed the kids Purina feed, Egg shells now and then, and Purina Flock Block. I also put Apple Cider frequently in the water. As of yesterday my white hen would keep her head down like it's droopy. She really hasn't ate in the past two days it seems, but touched her water some. Her cage is empty and there's no droppings. Maybe she's constipated?
At 1am this morning, I noticed her doing some weird head shaking and trying to bury her head under her chest. She would keep backing up and then eventually flip because her head would be so far underneath herself. I watched her for a few. At 8am today I put some Flock Block in there and she ate for a good while. She ate real good, more than she has in a few days. She drank a lot too. She walks around just fine for a good while then she's back to doing her head shaking and trying to hide it underneath her. She finally went to the bathroom, but it was a tiny watery running poop which is unlike her. I noticed she finally laid an egg too probably around 9ish.
They are indoor chickens, so they do not have mites. They're no bugs on them. So I'm stuck. Lack of calcium, constipation or egg bound? Or is it something else. Her eyes are clear. If I go to a grocery store what kind of cod liver oil do I purchase? Would that help if she's egg bound or constipated? Her twisting her neck back and forth, and her burying her head so far that she flips is bothering me. Then she will walk around slow, but fine, has me clueless.
I did read if she's constipated a good warm bath will help. I let the water just run and had her propped up just soaking. I did not bathe her for I had to keep her head up from trying to bury it. I kept her in there for about 10 minutes. Then I dried her. I put her back into her cage and finally pooped which was a brownish color, but it was small. Still not a normal dropping, but much better from her earlier water running dropping. She is still doing her head thing. It's now 2:30pm in the afternoon. I don't know how many eggs a chicken can lay in one day, but she did her one today which is a solid egg. So I don't know if its egg bound.
Any help would be great. Maybe get her some certain greens from the store or cod liver oil? Thank you for your time.
