chicken seems to want to sit all the time

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chicken seems to want to sit all the time
« on: May 23, 2011, 09:56 »
My 8month old chicken seems to want to sit all the time over the last couple of days.  she is coming up and walking  for her treats and eating properly.  Just seems after a couple of min on her feet she needs to sit and rest.  I have picked her up and taken a look, and can not find any thing obviously wrong with her.  She never layed eggs on a regular basic, but did have one yesterday from her.  Any Ideas?

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Re: chicken seems to want to sit all the time
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 12:29 »
Broody!

Could also be the high winds if you are having the same weather as here.  My 6 hens were sitting quite a bit as they didn't like the high winds.  Today they are not so bad, think they are getting used to it but they are keeping quite close together.
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Re: chicken seems to want to sit all the time
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2011, 14:25 »
dont think she is broody as keeping out of nest box.  she out and moving around.  just not much.  its very windy here today, but the chicks dont seem to care..  she just seems unhappy.

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Re: chicken seems to want to sit all the time
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2011, 15:36 »
Bit like me, I hate the wind.  Try bringing her indoors or somewhere out of the wind and see if she improves.  If she doesn't she might be ill. 

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Re: chicken seems to want to sit all the time
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2011, 10:13 »
yesterday she seemed to have improved alittle, but this morning she was the same.  walking a little before sitting down.  think i might have seen a slight limp.  have looked at her feet and legs and dont think there any thing wrong.  she was happy for me to touch all her legs. 


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