Hi Everyone,
I have 9 chickens who are all approximately 22 weeks old. A few of my hens have recently started laying over the past week.
This afternoon, my partner and I were out in their coop giving them treats (bread, fresh veggies, etc) and all of the chickens were fine. We've gone back in there just now (maybe 2 hours after we were last in there) to lock the coop door for the night, and one of our hens looks unwell.
She was in the run (under the coop) and looked as though she was nesting. My partner has gone under there to try to get her out, and she hasn't moved. He has then picked her up without any fuss from her, and she was sitting on 3 eggs.
However....she doesn't look well. Her beak was open slightly, and she has her legs straight out. She keeps flopping one wing to the ground, and if we try to stand her up she falls back down.
Does anyone have any advice?? We've experienced all of our chicks dying before, and that was quick, but she was very happily running around less than 2 hours ago.
Any help would be amazing!
I have 9 chickens who are all approximately 22 weeks old. A few of my hens have recently started laying over the past week.
This afternoon, my partner and I were out in their coop giving them treats (bread, fresh veggies, etc) and all of the chickens were fine. We've gone back in there just now (maybe 2 hours after we were last in there) to lock the coop door for the night, and one of our hens looks unwell.
She was in the run (under the coop) and looked as though she was nesting. My partner has gone under there to try to get her out, and she hasn't moved. He has then picked her up without any fuss from her, and she was sitting on 3 eggs.
However....she doesn't look well. Her beak was open slightly, and she has her legs straight out. She keeps flopping one wing to the ground, and if we try to stand her up she falls back down.
Does anyone have any advice?? We've experienced all of our chicks dying before, and that was quick, but she was very happily running around less than 2 hours ago.
Any help would be amazing!