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Any thoughts on how I should proceed with my four-month-old Easter Egger? We're rather worried as she has been listless, separate from the other four hens, and uninterested in food. Today she mostly stayed seated on the coop floor by herself. She can walk, but very slowly, with her head hanging down.
More details, should it help:
More details, should it help:
- Her vent looks fine and I didn't notice anything different with her eyes or legs.
- I tried to give her some sugar water but she wouldn't take much.
- I've heard about red mites but don't know exactly what they look like. That said, I didn't notice any red bumps under her wings or anything.
- The waterer had algae in it so I cleaned it thoroughly today, in case that might be part of the trouble.
- I think I saw her try to poop, but not much came out.
- The chickens tend to sleep huddled together in the top part of an A-frame coop rather than roosting; I'm trying to get them to roost.