Poor Vana White!!!!!!! Please help her!!!!!

[AMSpsg18]

My chicken miss Vana White is acting funky. She is a little over a year now and a mixed breed gal. She just recently molted and is now almost acting like she had a stroke or some kind of head truama (walking around really slow and not as fearful of me) she is all fluffed up and her comb is a dark brown redish color. She is sleeping in the nesting boxes and is not as fast as she used to be. I caught her for the first time in over a year and she does have a single egg in there but her tail is raised and she even shakes it from time to time. I have no idea what is going on but she's eatting great and still struts around during the day. I don't have a clue whats up with her. Please help!

 

[Rebel Rooster]

That sounds like symptoms of a lack of oxygen... it could be a respiratory illness or heart failure... that's a tough one. Is she wheezing or coughing any at all??

 

[AMSpsg18]

No not at all. and wouldn't she be pale not dark if she was lacking O2?

 

[prancie]

walking around fluffed up and sleeping in the nesting box makes me think she's broody.

 

[herefordlovinglady]

weird, mine started doing this very thing this weekend

She eats good
she drinks good
her color is good
her eyes are bright
crop is full

she is wild, but i can actually walk up to her now
she does not go to roost
i think she has gone through a slight molt recently.

but she is just acting funky-- like you said.

everything seems healthly and correct except for the way she is acting.

I kept her in a crate for two nights, because she will not go to roost. last night i soaked her in a warm bath.

nothing seems to change her mood.



the only thing mine does not do is puff out.

 

[AMSpsg18]

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Exactly It's weird

 

[AMSpsg18]

so is she broody????

 

[herefordlovinglady]

If she was broody wouldn't she stay in one spot?

 

[prancie]

sometimes they act like that before they go broody. or you may just be seeing her when she is off her nest for a break.