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Chicken acting strange? Check these 7 things.

Tap Normal or Seems Off for each check to narrow down what is wrong.

1 Eating & Drinking

• Does she ignore her favorite treats (mealworms, egg)?

• Is she still sipping water independently?

2 Morning Crop Feel

• Feel right breast before breakfast. It should be flat.

• Hard golf ball = impacted. Squishy + fermenting = sour crop.

3 Droppings & Poop

• Normal: Firm grayish-brown capped with white urates.

• Flag: Watery green bile, yellow foam, or blood flecks.

4 Comb & Wattle Vitality

• Normal: Warm, plump, bright cherry red.

• Flag: Shrunken, dry, pale pink-gray, or dusky purple.

5 Posture & Vent

• Normal: Active foraging, tail angled up, clean vent.

• Flag: Penguin stance (egg bound), puffed ball, or dirty vent.

6 Breathing & Respiratory

• Listen with ear against her side: should be silent.

• Flag: Tail bobbing with each breath, rattling, or gasping.

7 Recent Environmental Shift

• Sudden cold snap, heat spike, or new coop bedding?

• Predator fright or newly introduced flock members?

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