chickenchickenbutt
Chirping
- Mar 1, 2021
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Hey guys, I let my chickies out this morning and everyone seemed fine and dandy. Came running out of the coop to spend time in the sun. That being said about an hour or so later after doing some yard work I went in the coop to grab something and was stopped by a hen in the middle of the coop laying on her side with her eyes closed… I thought she was dead but to my surprise she was still alive…. Just very cold.
I scooped her up took her inside and have her in my bathroom wrapped in a towel and have the heater on for her. She seems to be doing a little better as she’s opening her eyes now and not refusing food and water but I can’t figure out what is wrong with her…
She won’t eat or drink in her own unless I syringe it in her mouth. I’ve been giving her some applesauce thinking maybe her sugar was low… and it’s really easy for her to get down she seems to take that over food I have soaked for her. I have also mixed some chicken antibiotics in her water. This happened around 11:30 today and it’s now 11:11pm
This is my second hen I have found like this only difference is my large cinnamon queen was found almost flat as a pancake dead on her side in the exact same spot about 5 months ago.
I was thinking maybe she is egg bound but the symptoms I’ve read doesn’t match with what she has going on right now. She’s literally sleeping until I wake her up for some food and water and seems cold to the touch
She can move her legs and nothing seems hurt… she just isn’t standing
I scooped her up took her inside and have her in my bathroom wrapped in a towel and have the heater on for her. She seems to be doing a little better as she’s opening her eyes now and not refusing food and water but I can’t figure out what is wrong with her…
She won’t eat or drink in her own unless I syringe it in her mouth. I’ve been giving her some applesauce thinking maybe her sugar was low… and it’s really easy for her to get down she seems to take that over food I have soaked for her. I have also mixed some chicken antibiotics in her water. This happened around 11:30 today and it’s now 11:11pm
This is my second hen I have found like this only difference is my large cinnamon queen was found almost flat as a pancake dead on her side in the exact same spot about 5 months ago.
I was thinking maybe she is egg bound but the symptoms I’ve read doesn’t match with what she has going on right now. She’s literally sleeping until I wake her up for some food and water and seems cold to the touch
She can move her legs and nothing seems hurt… she just isn’t standing