- Aug 17, 2009
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Four and a half month old amerauracana. She is eating and drinking well. She has been healthy and active until two days ago, we came home and she was on her back in a small ditch and couldn't get up. When we picked her up she started to walk around, but kept her head low and her weight forward. We have her and two other hens in a 4 x 6 enclosed coop with a run, pine shaving bedding and a run of the whole yard during the day. They roost in eaves of the coop, and I am worried that she possibly injured herself getting down. They are on half medicated chick feed and half lay feed as we make that transition to full lay feed. She walks, eats, pecks and preens with her head and neck pretty low, but when she down, she sticks her legs out to one side and then can't roll herself over to get back up. I can't remember what else was on the stickies to include. Anyone have any ideas? I would like to try to take care of her myself, if possible.