Snicketysnoksnaksnik
Chirping
- Nov 26, 2021
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Hello. My six year old hen has been a bit gloomy recently but today when I found her she was doing anything.
At first, earlier this morning, she had her eyes open but wouldn’t eat and would need her beak dipped to drink. Currently she won’t open her eyes and has just been sleeping since this morning.
I noticed that her crop hadn’t gone down at all last night, it is a bit bigger than a pingpong ball and hard but can be squished around. I gave her water and olive oil, waited ten minutes then massaged her crop gently for around an hour. It was the same size. Her crop seems to mainly have corn by the feel of it.
We’ve put her in a crate with a hot water bottle to a side to help keep her warm, she is lying down on her side due to her leg injury
-She hurt her right leg a couple months back and can no longer use it, she learnt to get around by hopping though
-She got incredibly skinny in this period, we fed her twice a day, one at morning which consisted of rice and beans, the second which was fruit and sometimes eggs or other odd foods, and this is given to her when she comes in to sleep.
-She is free-ranged alongside my entire flock, there is corn and feed always available.
-She sleeps in a crate in my house, alongside my cockerel (who has a separate box)
-We recently lost a chicken that was very close to her and she get depressed for a month. Although she recovered well and started joining the flock on their little trips around.
-She hasn’t been laying eggs since her injury
-Our cockerel is a bantam and I know for a fact he didn’t do anything to her
At first, earlier this morning, she had her eyes open but wouldn’t eat and would need her beak dipped to drink. Currently she won’t open her eyes and has just been sleeping since this morning.
I noticed that her crop hadn’t gone down at all last night, it is a bit bigger than a pingpong ball and hard but can be squished around. I gave her water and olive oil, waited ten minutes then massaged her crop gently for around an hour. It was the same size. Her crop seems to mainly have corn by the feel of it.
We’ve put her in a crate with a hot water bottle to a side to help keep her warm, she is lying down on her side due to her leg injury
-She hurt her right leg a couple months back and can no longer use it, she learnt to get around by hopping though
-She got incredibly skinny in this period, we fed her twice a day, one at morning which consisted of rice and beans, the second which was fruit and sometimes eggs or other odd foods, and this is given to her when she comes in to sleep.
-She is free-ranged alongside my entire flock, there is corn and feed always available.
-She sleeps in a crate in my house, alongside my cockerel (who has a separate box)
-We recently lost a chicken that was very close to her and she get depressed for a month. Although she recovered well and started joining the flock on their little trips around.
-She hasn’t been laying eggs since her injury
-Our cockerel is a bantam and I know for a fact he didn’t do anything to her