HeathenHavenHomestead
Crowing
I have a hen that has been off for a few days now. I find her alone laying on the ground eye closed but she wouldn’t let me catch her so I figured if she feels good enough to run away maybe she’s not so bad.
We were hit with the cold winter weather and I figured if she was gonna die it was once the temps dropped but she’s still kicking.
Today I noticed her on the roost alone while everyone was walking around the coop. They all refused to leave the coop so I brought in some hot oatmeal and I grabbed her so she could get some and she ate.
I then replaced the empty containers with their feed and when I came back in to check on her she was just eyes closed sitting there almost penguin like. I thought maybe egg bound? I brought her in and did a luke warm bath, gave the calcium tablet and lubed her up and felt around. It was mostly white gritty poop that came out. I didn’t feel any broken egg shell or egg. She’s now wrapped up in a towel laying on my chest while I work from home.
I plan to make her a cage in the cooler part of the home so she doesn’t get shocked when she *hopefully* recovers and goes back out.
I plan to get her some fluids and scrambled eggs. Any ideas on what this could be?
Would a molt cause this?? I felt like she looked a little rough but never seen a chicken molt in winter.
We were hit with the cold winter weather and I figured if she was gonna die it was once the temps dropped but she’s still kicking.
Today I noticed her on the roost alone while everyone was walking around the coop. They all refused to leave the coop so I brought in some hot oatmeal and I grabbed her so she could get some and she ate.
I then replaced the empty containers with their feed and when I came back in to check on her she was just eyes closed sitting there almost penguin like. I thought maybe egg bound? I brought her in and did a luke warm bath, gave the calcium tablet and lubed her up and felt around. It was mostly white gritty poop that came out. I didn’t feel any broken egg shell or egg. She’s now wrapped up in a towel laying on my chest while I work from home.
I plan to make her a cage in the cooler part of the home so she doesn’t get shocked when she *hopefully* recovers and goes back out.
I plan to get her some fluids and scrambled eggs. Any ideas on what this could be?
Would a molt cause this?? I felt like she looked a little rough but never seen a chicken molt in winter.
she chowed down on some eggs and has a nice full crop now. I’ll take a photo of her and post it. She had a poopy butt and that’s what initially signaled me something was off. That combined with the laying down.
