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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Kitchen Cottage on September 03, 2013, 07:23:38 pm

Title: Emily the hen... or quasimodo
Post by: Kitchen Cottage on September 03, 2013, 07:23:38 pm
Sorry for so many questions.... Emily is my elderly Sussex who I had to hand feed for 4 weeks when she was very ill.  Amazingly she pulled through  (thanks to the advice on here about what to feed a sick hen).... but now her head seems slightly at an angle so she's looking slightly up.... It is possible I injured her whilst hand feeding her....

Any ideas, its not getting worse (I don't think) and she seems fine but it is odd.  She is now a lopsided :chook:
Title: Re: Emily the hen... or quasimodo
Post by: Fanackapan on September 07, 2013, 07:53:13 pm
Hens do get something I think is called stargazer , though I haven't experienced this in our flock so would have to look it up. Does Emily look upwards or is her head just bent to the side , maybe it is just an injury she has incurred and being an older hen isn't recovering so well ?