Hi everyone,
I have a ISA brown chicken (~2 years old) that has been lethargic, sluggish, and slow recently. She has always been much larger than all the other ISA brown chickens in the flock. I let the chickens free range during the day, and she has been unable to keep up with the others who are high energy and like to explore.
Since she has always been much larger, I did not think much about how she was also slower than the other chickens. However, this week she has been laying around almost constantly with eyes closed. Additionally, I noticed that her eyes appear to be blood shot. Finally, there seems to be fluid building up around her abdomen / in between her legs.
I am interested if anyone knows what may be going on and, more importantly, steps I can take to make her more comfortable. She's been walking in and out of the coop to lay in the sun / shade all day, but that's all she seems to be interested in.
Any advice would be great. Thank you so much!
I have a ISA brown chicken (~2 years old) that has been lethargic, sluggish, and slow recently. She has always been much larger than all the other ISA brown chickens in the flock. I let the chickens free range during the day, and she has been unable to keep up with the others who are high energy and like to explore.
Since she has always been much larger, I did not think much about how she was also slower than the other chickens. However, this week she has been laying around almost constantly with eyes closed. Additionally, I noticed that her eyes appear to be blood shot. Finally, there seems to be fluid building up around her abdomen / in between her legs.
I am interested if anyone knows what may be going on and, more importantly, steps I can take to make her more comfortable. She's been walking in and out of the coop to lay in the sun / shade all day, but that's all she seems to be interested in.
Any advice would be great. Thank you so much!