We went out to the coop this morning to do feeding and noticed one of the hens wasn't doing so well. She was laying down and not getting up to walk or move. Everyone was fine until yesterday evening and when my son checked on the chickens and put them in their coop for the night last night he noticed that she seemed really sleepy and not her usual self. This morning she feels very limp and isn't really moving. We separated her from the other chickens and put her in a cat carrier with her own food and water and some hard boiled egg. She is eating well now but seems to be dozing off a lot.
Her comb is bright red which seems normal.
She can stand but doesn't do it often.
She is drinking and eating. We gave her chick starter mash and water and another dish of hard boiled egg smashed up.
She was eating standard layer pellets with free choice water in the coop.
All my chickens are out from dawn until dark free ranging throughout the yard which is fenced in to keep the neighbors animals out.
Any thoughts what it might be?
No other chickens are showing any signs of illness. This seemed to hit pretty suddenly. Any ideas of where to start would be appreciated.
**edited because I forgot to say she is a Gold Comet and she is just a little over a year old. Was a year the end of April.
Her comb is bright red which seems normal.
She can stand but doesn't do it often.
She is drinking and eating. We gave her chick starter mash and water and another dish of hard boiled egg smashed up.
She was eating standard layer pellets with free choice water in the coop.
All my chickens are out from dawn until dark free ranging throughout the yard which is fenced in to keep the neighbors animals out.
Any thoughts what it might be?
No other chickens are showing any signs of illness. This seemed to hit pretty suddenly. Any ideas of where to start would be appreciated.
**edited because I forgot to say she is a Gold Comet and she is just a little over a year old. Was a year the end of April.
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