chickens
When Your Shy Chicken Goes Silent, It's Time to Cluck for Help
Oh, sweetheart. That sounds absolutely terrifying, and my heart is right there on the lap with you. A normally skittish chicken going sluggish, off-balance, and not flinching when you touch near her eye? That is a huge, cluck-tastic red flag. The head-wiping after eating and the head-lowering point strongly toward something neurological, likely a head injury or a serious illness like Marek's disease, which can come on fast. You did the right thing getting her to eat vitamins, but this is beyond a little TLC. She needs a vet, stat. For a look at how quickly chicken surprises can happen, check out "Betsie's mystery yellow chick hatches a cluck-tastic surprise", a much happier kind of egg-citement.
