Rural Gardening: sick chicken, 1 by green04735

green04735 wrote:
I think my chiken has something wrong with her,she shakes her head a lot kinda like snaps it.I have looked at her eyes her nose and nothing looks bad,I sprayed under her wings and her vent the other day just in case she had mites which I did not see any.Nothing looks swollen.The others pick on her so she stays at the top of the roost all day,I have been hand feeding her cottage cheese with yogurt and some of her feed mixed in with it.I have not seen her come down to eat or drink,she may and I just havn`t ween her.There is one hen that jumps on her and holds her down and pecks her that is why she stays up there.Her feathers have falled out she might be molting,Some of it was caused by the roosters.Should I put her in her oun coop away from the others?I was thinking if I do that when I put her back she would be at the bottom of the pecking order and it would start all over again.Not much of a life having to stay up there,if she gets down she goes into a panic trying to run and hide its sad.My roosters are going to a new home today so I could put her in that coop she would still be able to see and hear the o ther chickens.What do you think?