- Sep 6, 2013
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Hi,
I bought a hen at point of lay a couple of months ago. She does not appear to have come into lay yet (she may have laid a couple of very soft shelled eggs that burst but we are not sure it was her as it could have been one of three new hens). A few weeks ago she had a foamy eye that cleared straight away and hasn't happened since.
Last week she became very subdued, was last to come out of the coop and began moving about very slowly, hardly eating and drinking. She was also standing on one leg a lot. I seperated her a few days ago when I noticed all she wanted to do was lie down and close her eyes. Since being in the seperate enclosure she does not seem to have eaten or drunk anything and has only started getting up today. She had not pooped either until today. She makes very quiet cooing noises when I go in.
She does not want to be handled and I have had as good a look at her as possible, but she appears physically good on the outside.
She has been recently wormed and all her coop mates seem fine. She is the last in the pecking order and will often sleep on the floor of the coop. Until she got ill, she would escape over the fence into the rest of the garden so may have eaten something she shouldn't.
Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.
Kind regards,
Zoe
I bought a hen at point of lay a couple of months ago. She does not appear to have come into lay yet (she may have laid a couple of very soft shelled eggs that burst but we are not sure it was her as it could have been one of three new hens). A few weeks ago she had a foamy eye that cleared straight away and hasn't happened since.
Last week she became very subdued, was last to come out of the coop and began moving about very slowly, hardly eating and drinking. She was also standing on one leg a lot. I seperated her a few days ago when I noticed all she wanted to do was lie down and close her eyes. Since being in the seperate enclosure she does not seem to have eaten or drunk anything and has only started getting up today. She had not pooped either until today. She makes very quiet cooing noises when I go in.
She does not want to be handled and I have had as good a look at her as possible, but she appears physically good on the outside.
She has been recently wormed and all her coop mates seem fine. She is the last in the pecking order and will often sleep on the floor of the coop. Until she got ill, she would escape over the fence into the rest of the garden so may have eaten something she shouldn't.
Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated.
Kind regards,
Zoe