nightmares?

topic posted Thu, October 23, 2008 - 11:28 PM by  maria pureza
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we have a 4 month old dark cornish hen that has gotten really weird all of a sudden. she freaks out at night like something's attacking her, only there's nothing there. like squawks and flops around. when she was in the coop with the other hens, we thought the big girls were picking on her, asserting their dominance and all that, and my husband actually thought she was at death's door when he checked it out one night, so we put her in the tractor. now we are not sure that anything ever happened (external to her). she is completely safe and even if a raccoon did come near our dog sleeps 30 feet away. and yet she freaks out once an hour, all night long. she is fine all day. so any ideas on what is going on? ptsd? nightmares? if she keeps it up she's going to get culled, but might she have some crazy neurological disease? mad chicken disease? do we even want to eat her? any help at all would be appreciated... :)
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maria pureza
California
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  • Re: nightmares?

    Fri, October 24, 2008 - 8:58 PM
    mites? Freaks the sensitive ones out, I use adam's flea and tick spray, lightly spray under her wings, drench her feet and just a drop or two on top of her head (keep out of eyes).

    Repeat 10 days.

    my silkies act like this when they get bird lice or mites, once I spray them they calm down within two days.

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