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I feel slightly guilty posting this, as I have been sadly neglecting Rule the Roost of late, as all my girls have been tickety boo and the veggies have taken over my concerns!
However, this week Heather, DD's slightly crazy brown hen, has not been her normal self. I had thought she may have been going broody, as she was lurking around in the eglu and seemed much calmer than she normally is (she always acts as though we are about to sieze and eat her normally, and is a very jumpy little thing, never letting us pick her up or indeed touch her). Yesterday when I put them in their run for the night she ignored all their treats and went straight to the water, and drank loads. I didn't see her this morning as OH let them out, but when I went to put them away I found her crouched in the grass, eyes half shut. She opened them when I went near, but let me pick her up, which is unheard of. She stayed happily in my arms, closing her eyes often. I put her in the nest box, where she stood up, but stayed put. I'm afraid of what I'll fnd in the morning I have to say. Any ideas what could be wrong, or what I might be able to do, assuming she's still with us in the morning?? She laid an egg the day before yesterday, and seems all okay in the vent/crop department, and doesn't look under the weather in any way apart from the lethargy and eye closing thing.
I feel badly that I should have interevened before, but she didn't seem distressed. One last question, for those of you who have taken hens to the vets, was it horribly expensive??
However, this week Heather, DD's slightly crazy brown hen, has not been her normal self. I had thought she may have been going broody, as she was lurking around in the eglu and seemed much calmer than she normally is (she always acts as though we are about to sieze and eat her normally, and is a very jumpy little thing, never letting us pick her up or indeed touch her). Yesterday when I put them in their run for the night she ignored all their treats and went straight to the water, and drank loads. I didn't see her this morning as OH let them out, but when I went to put them away I found her crouched in the grass, eyes half shut. She opened them when I went near, but let me pick her up, which is unheard of. She stayed happily in my arms, closing her eyes often. I put her in the nest box, where she stood up, but stayed put. I'm afraid of what I'll fnd in the morning I have to say. Any ideas what could be wrong, or what I might be able to do, assuming she's still with us in the morning?? She laid an egg the day before yesterday, and seems all okay in the vent/crop department, and doesn't look under the weather in any way apart from the lethargy and eye closing thing.
I feel badly that I should have interevened before, but she didn't seem distressed. One last question, for those of you who have taken hens to the vets, was it horribly expensive??
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