- Mar 12, 2014
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Hi All,
I have a light sussex chicken who is about 9 months old. She is a broody girl and has been broody twice this summer (we are in Australia), she was broody for a week or so - not leaving the coop, we would get her out and shut the coop up and she would mainly just get on with her day following her crew around, as we have a Plymouth rock and isa brown also. It has been about a week or two and she still has not laid her first egg but is no longer showing any broody symptoms. The Plymouth rock was broody at the same time as the light sussex and she is now laying again.
We have had warm/humid weather here for a week or longer however when it is hot she is usually the only chicken showing no signs of discomfort during the day, she usually would only pant of a night.
I was out and about yesterday for a couple of hours and when I got back, the temp was about 30 degrees and quite humid, most of the chickens were sitting down in a cool spot however Edna (The light sussex) was sitting behind a tree by herself which seemed a bit weird, at this time she was also panting which I also found odd as she doesn't usually pant in the heat, she only usually pants when she lays her eggs or at night as mentioned before.
I kept an eye on her throughout the day and noticed that she was also doing very runny poo's, which are white and green in nature and very watery, it sort of looks like food which hasn't been broken down completely. She has had issues with this in the past but it has cleared up after a day or two,
So today, she is still panting and still has runny/smelly poo's. Today it is raining and much cooler, about 24 degrees Celsius. She is getting around but is panting 95% of the time, just now I went outside to check on her for any other symptoms and at this stage she looks all good in terms of any respiratory symptoms - breathing looks good, no discharge, eyes look clear. She was picking out a few of her feathers when I was out there with her but stopped after about 10 were plucked out, Her crop looks normal but I haven't physically touched it yet or checked her over yet.
Does anyone have any ideas of what might be going on?
I have a light sussex chicken who is about 9 months old. She is a broody girl and has been broody twice this summer (we are in Australia), she was broody for a week or so - not leaving the coop, we would get her out and shut the coop up and she would mainly just get on with her day following her crew around, as we have a Plymouth rock and isa brown also. It has been about a week or two and she still has not laid her first egg but is no longer showing any broody symptoms. The Plymouth rock was broody at the same time as the light sussex and she is now laying again.
We have had warm/humid weather here for a week or longer however when it is hot she is usually the only chicken showing no signs of discomfort during the day, she usually would only pant of a night.
I was out and about yesterday for a couple of hours and when I got back, the temp was about 30 degrees and quite humid, most of the chickens were sitting down in a cool spot however Edna (The light sussex) was sitting behind a tree by herself which seemed a bit weird, at this time she was also panting which I also found odd as she doesn't usually pant in the heat, she only usually pants when she lays her eggs or at night as mentioned before.
I kept an eye on her throughout the day and noticed that she was also doing very runny poo's, which are white and green in nature and very watery, it sort of looks like food which hasn't been broken down completely. She has had issues with this in the past but it has cleared up after a day or two,
So today, she is still panting and still has runny/smelly poo's. Today it is raining and much cooler, about 24 degrees Celsius. She is getting around but is panting 95% of the time, just now I went outside to check on her for any other symptoms and at this stage she looks all good in terms of any respiratory symptoms - breathing looks good, no discharge, eyes look clear. She was picking out a few of her feathers when I was out there with her but stopped after about 10 were plucked out, Her crop looks normal but I haven't physically touched it yet or checked her over yet.
Does anyone have any ideas of what might be going on?