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Morning folks
My 3 yr old hen Violet is going through her moult and is at the "hedgehog" stage but luckily she has managed to hold on to quite a few of old feathers which is perhaps as well as it is mightily cold this morning;
Anyhow, when I let the girls this morning, Violet is walking really weird. Looks drunk in fact - I though at first she may have hurt one of her legs but having watched her for a while she starts walking normally and then within a few seconds her legs seem to buckle and she's almost at ground level. Well weird - she's still keen to eat and keep up with the others but there's obviously something amiss. I wonder if it might be neurological or maybe a deficiency of some sort as the moult does take it out of them doesn't it. They have access to grit and oyster shell and are fed layers pellets so I wonder if anyone has any ideas as to what it might be.
Kind regards
Jan
My 3 yr old hen Violet is going through her moult and is at the "hedgehog" stage but luckily she has managed to hold on to quite a few of old feathers which is perhaps as well as it is mightily cold this morning;
Anyhow, when I let the girls this morning, Violet is walking really weird. Looks drunk in fact - I though at first she may have hurt one of her legs but having watched her for a while she starts walking normally and then within a few seconds her legs seem to buckle and she's almost at ground level. Well weird - she's still keen to eat and keep up with the others but there's obviously something amiss. I wonder if it might be neurological or maybe a deficiency of some sort as the moult does take it out of them doesn't it. They have access to grit and oyster shell and are fed layers pellets so I wonder if anyone has any ideas as to what it might be.
Kind regards
Jan
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