FiveChickens
Hatching
I woke up yesterday morning to an unenergetic chicken who wouldn't leave her roost or the coop to go outside. She was in the same spot at lunch four hours later when I checked on her. I took her inside and placed her in a dog crate. She ate some feed, crushed eggshells and also drank some water. I thought that she may have been eggbound but couldn't feel an egg and as far as I know she didn't go to the box and try to lay as she didn't move from her roost. When I put her in the kennel last night and she was falling asleep, she remained standing but tucked her head down a little and her breathing was a little noisy - no "clicking", but just loud breathing. I'm not sure if this was just due to her resting her head down or not.
She is quite unenergetic again this morning. No signs of eating or drinking but she did have a large, normal poop. She was standing and awake when I went to see her. I took her out of the kennel and rubbed around her crop in case it was impacted and provided her with only water with apple cider vinegar and yogurt. She seemed interested in the yogurt but she didn't have any or drink any water. I'm not 100% sure what to look for, but I felt a very small hard mass below her neck, but is this her crop or am I feeling something else? I left her alone for an hour and checked on her again and she was lying down in her kennel. She shut her eyes and didn't seem overly concerned that I was there.
I'm really not sure if this could be some sort of respiratory infection or a crop impaction? I've had five chickens for a year and haven't noticed anything else in any of the chickens, and they are all normal this morning. Is there anything I should be looking for or anything else I can do?
NOTES: chickens were dusted with DE three days ago. They have constant access to fresh water, feed and crushed eggshells in the coop, and a run with access to fresh air and sand to dust bathe.
She is quite unenergetic again this morning. No signs of eating or drinking but she did have a large, normal poop. She was standing and awake when I went to see her. I took her out of the kennel and rubbed around her crop in case it was impacted and provided her with only water with apple cider vinegar and yogurt. She seemed interested in the yogurt but she didn't have any or drink any water. I'm not 100% sure what to look for, but I felt a very small hard mass below her neck, but is this her crop or am I feeling something else? I left her alone for an hour and checked on her again and she was lying down in her kennel. She shut her eyes and didn't seem overly concerned that I was there.
I'm really not sure if this could be some sort of respiratory infection or a crop impaction? I've had five chickens for a year and haven't noticed anything else in any of the chickens, and they are all normal this morning. Is there anything I should be looking for or anything else I can do?
NOTES: chickens were dusted with DE three days ago. They have constant access to fresh water, feed and crushed eggshells in the coop, and a run with access to fresh air and sand to dust bathe.