Our hen has been listless and inactive for three days.
The first day, she was slow looking during afternoon free range time (she actually went into the run and sat down), and I was worried that she was egg bound (she’s been egg bound once before). I took her inside to a sick cage and tried to feed her calcium, but she just looked anxious to get back outside. I put her back in the coop and she looked fine after that.
Yesterday she started to molt on her neck area and looked a tiny bit sluggish.
Today she is standing with her tail down, but her eyes still don’t have an egg bound look…if that makes sense. I’ve dealt with egg binding a lot and I’m pretty sure she just has “the molting blues”, but I want to be positive. Thoughts?
The first day, she was slow looking during afternoon free range time (she actually went into the run and sat down), and I was worried that she was egg bound (she’s been egg bound once before). I took her inside to a sick cage and tried to feed her calcium, but she just looked anxious to get back outside. I put her back in the coop and she looked fine after that.
Yesterday she started to molt on her neck area and looked a tiny bit sluggish.
Today she is standing with her tail down, but her eyes still don’t have an egg bound look…if that makes sense. I’ve dealt with egg binding a lot and I’m pretty sure she just has “the molting blues”, but I want to be positive. Thoughts?