jnfrcrag
In the Brooder
- Jun 23, 2022
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Rhode Island Red, 3 - 5 years (we inherited this chicken)
She is leaning against walls and moving very slow. Her comb seems a bit more pale than usual.
This is very sudden as she was acting normal when she left the coop this morning.
No other birds in our small flock are exhibiting this behavior.
Since this started, she has eaten some chopped cucumber and a small amount of scratch grains.
She had a white, liquid poop.
Yesterday she laid a rather spherical egg.
The closest poultry vet is an hour away so we would like to treat her on our own.
Our coop is pretty standard and large enough for more birds than we have. We use pine shavings for bedding. Our chickens don't roost, they tend to sleep in the nesting boxes. They are free ranging birds and go all over our property. We have difficulty catching our girls as they were not handled prior to our inheritance of them. Advice for limiting stress for her when examining and treating is welcomed.
She is leaning against walls and moving very slow. Her comb seems a bit more pale than usual.
This is very sudden as she was acting normal when she left the coop this morning.
No other birds in our small flock are exhibiting this behavior.
Since this started, she has eaten some chopped cucumber and a small amount of scratch grains.
She had a white, liquid poop.
Yesterday she laid a rather spherical egg.
The closest poultry vet is an hour away so we would like to treat her on our own.
Our coop is pretty standard and large enough for more birds than we have. We use pine shavings for bedding. Our chickens don't roost, they tend to sleep in the nesting boxes. They are free ranging birds and go all over our property. We have difficulty catching our girls as they were not handled prior to our inheritance of them. Advice for limiting stress for her when examining and treating is welcomed.
