Sick pullet

[Fdny11Bravo]

They are 9 weeks old i have heating pad in coop there first night was last night they all roosted, the one dark Easter egger bantam has her head tucked in her feathers breathing kind of heavy everyone else is doing fine, is she sick? Should i bring her back inside ? It’s about 40s during the day here mid 30s at night they’ve been used to high 30s through out the day in the basement (unheated) and all others are doing fine except her it just started when she was outside, oh and she was eating and drinking fine

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What does her poop look like?

Do you have any Corid on hand?

 

[Fdny11Bravo]

Better picture

 

[Fdny11Bravo]

I’m not sure this is my first time keeping chickens I’ve been really on top of it no hiccups this whole time, should i quaratine here back to basement?

 

[Fdny11Bravo]

This is what my friend gave me till corid comes tomorrow

 

[CalBickieMomma]

Does she behave this way all day, or did you just notice it at night? She might have had her head tucked behind her wing because she was sleeping. But if she’s acting under the weather (fluffed up, eyes closed, not as active as the others, heavier breathing is consistent), there may be something wrong.

 

[Fdny11Bravo]

so she was fine yesterday, i put them in the coop from the basement for their first night last night came home from work this morning and checked on em and she was very lethargic eyes closing, head in feathers, the rest are fine running around exploring there run so I’m not sure what’s wrong

 

[CalBickieMomma]

I wonder if, by any chance, she got bit by a spider ...? This always crosses my mind when someone is suddenly not feeling well . How does her crop (pouch on the front of her chest - right about where the wishbone is located) feel?

I had my little Junie fall ill on me when she was only 2 weeks old. Her crop was bloated - puffed up like a balloon - and I thought she had sour crop (not common with birds that young). I never really found out what it was, but I suspect she had a partial blockage (probably ate a wood shaving - she eats EVERYTHING now, so that was probably it).

Anyway, if she has an inflated crop, it could be a blockage causing sour crop (basically a yeast infection in there). If that’s the case, you can search on here for ways to treat it. But if she has a puffy crop, it might be a blockage (due to her young age). If so, I can tell you what I did to help Junie. Good luck!

 

[Fdny11Bravo]

wait so you hit the nail on the head, i set up a spare ring camera in the coop since i was at work, and paranoid about there first night out there, she definitely ate a few pine shavings i saw her do it, which i don’t get why, they have plenty of accessible food

 

[Fdny11Bravo]

I saw a bunch of them eat pine shavings here and there, which i don’t get they never did that in the brooder just when i put them in the coop