How do you get lethargic chicken to eat?
A lethargic chicken may not want to drink from a dish. You can carefully drip a few drops of water down their throats to ensure they’re taking in some water. You should also help encourage them to eat. You may want to offer a soupy kind of feed that is easier for them to eat.
What does it mean when a chicken is lethargic?
Over the last few days, one of our hens has been progressively getting more sick. Lethargic: Will stand wherever you set her, won’t move at all. Even when it gets dark outside, and the other chicken’s go in their coop -she still stands (hunched and puffed up) in the same spot.
Why does my chicken not want to eat anything?
Poisons, disease, parasites and injury are possible causes of chicken lethargic. Next a lethargic chicken usually needs food and water. It may not have wanted to eat for a while or been prevented from eating by other chickens.
What do you call chicken that won’t eat or drink?
Lethargic: Will stand wherever you set her, won’t move at all. Even when it gets dark outside, and the other chicken’s go in their coop -she still stands (hunched and puffed up) in the same spot. Not eating: We feed chicken food (can’t think of the name, just an all around food), corn, and oyster shell.
What to do if your hen won’t eat or drink?
Most birds are immune to this by 20 weeks, but can still get it if they are exposed to a new strain. Corid (amprollium) is the best treatment, and available in the cattle section of the feedstore. Hold up her wing and blow the skin.
Over the last few days, one of our hens has been progressively getting more sick. Lethargic: Will stand wherever you set her, won’t move at all. Even when it gets dark outside, and the other chicken’s go in their coop -she still stands (hunched and puffed up) in the same spot.
Poisons, disease, parasites and injury are possible causes of chicken lethargic. Next a lethargic chicken usually needs food and water. It may not have wanted to eat for a while or been prevented from eating by other chickens.
Lethargic: Will stand wherever you set her, won’t move at all. Even when it gets dark outside, and the other chicken’s go in their coop -she still stands (hunched and puffed up) in the same spot. Not eating: We feed chicken food (can’t think of the name, just an all around food), corn, and oyster shell.
How to tell if your hens are sick?
So it may be too late already, although I’m hoping it’s not… One of our three hens is very sick! Over the last few days, one of our hens has been progressively getting more sick. Lethargic: Will stand wherever you set her, won’t move at all.
