Birds Chicken weirdness

[Cardinal]

I have a banty whom I have brought indoors due to her hiding out in the dog kennel, as though she had gone broody, but she is not producing eggs.
She poops about everyday or so, and she eats if I hand feed her.
I have put scratch grains on the bottom of her big plastic tub, there is plenty of bedding, and a heat lamp.
There are vitamins in her water.
But she just sits there unless I make her get up and move around.
I hand feed her blueberries, cut up cherry tomatoes and greek yogurt.
But she will make not move to eat the same stuff otherwise.

Out of my hand-she gobbles it.
in a dish right next to her-nothing.

Can't figure it out.

 

[philkar]

Can you chalk it up to chicken wierdness?! I have a bantam that is broody but not laying yet! I have watched her move eggs by rolling them with her beak to her favorite laying box!

 

[Sherrynboo]

She isn't egg bound is she?

 

[Cardinal]

She isn't egg bound is she?

She is pooping regularly, and I don't believe that is possible with being eggbound.

 

[Marie]

Poor little thing.

 

[summerthyme]

I think she's bloody. I've had several over the years start out (at least) with an empty nest. Who knows why?

In your climate, is it still way early to let one set? Do you have some fertile eggs? Try tucking a few under her at night and see how she behaves...

Summerthyme

 

[China Connection]

She wants company. It seems you need to move in with her.


I have one that has not long been separated from chicks. She expects to be fed separately up where they sit for the night. I have two English games that also live there after having lived with Isa Brown Hens. Chest fallen I think.....

So is life with Bantams

 

[Cardinal]

She wants company. It seems you need to move in with her.


I have one that has not long been separated from chicks. She expects to be fed separately up where they sit for the night. I have two English games that also live there after having lived with Isa Brown Hens. Chest fallen I think.....

So is life with Bantams

Actually, you may be on to something. She doesn't seem sick, just doesn't move around much. She talks to me quite a bit.