Luvachicken Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I have checked all of my previous posts but cannot find what I am looking for. Gemma, every now and then, walks backwards I'm hoping that it is because she has something up her beak that she is trying to get rid of. She goes backwards, slightly crouched, with a kind of chicken frown Then she goes back to normal. She doesn't do it every day. I'm just a bit worried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Leentje does that too occasionally. Like she trying to back out of a tunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Leentje does that too occasionally. Like she trying to back out of a tunnel. Yes, just like that. I wonder what it is ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Really don't have the faintest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Can't remember ever seeing any of ours walk backwards Luvachicken, but what springs to mind is a solid crop causing frontal discomfort, hence the walking back to get away from it. We have some that eat too much before drinking and they then start wriggling their crop and take one step back each time. Once they have drunk the crop eases and they are fine again. Possible explanation perhaps? Have you any additives in the water that may be discouraging drinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Thanks Beantree That does sound like it could be the answer They have had antibiotics in the water because of Chloe (sadly she died) which they had for 2 weeks. I've given them normal water since Monday this week and will then make them the water with the probiotic stuff in it tomorrow. Think I will check all their crops tomorrow too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Could be a few things, some are absolutely normal behaviour and others a little odd. We had a broody a few years ago who would do it and a week later I realised she had an ear infection. I wouldn't panic just yet but you're right to keep a close eye on her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Thanks Lewis I checked her crop yesterday and again today and it feels fine. I will be keeping a much closer eye on them than normal what with poor Chloe being so ill recently and the bird flu stuff at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyAndBobby Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Walking backwards indicates a neurological problem. It is in most cases nutritional. Get some multivitamin drops for their water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thanks Daisyandbobby, they have that already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Have you been playing Spike Milligan songs to her Luvachicken? I know one of them was called "I'm walking backwards for Christmas"! That was one of my dad's Goons 78s!!! Sorry - couldn't resist that xxxx Hope she's sorted herself out now. Squirt always had a fat crop since babyhood and sometimes she doesn't see so shuffles backwards to see what she's missing. I blame her mother for excessive feeding instructions when they hatched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Have you been playing Spike Milligan songs to her Luvachicken? I know one of them was called "I'm walking backwards for Christmas"! That was one of my dad's Goons 78s!!! Sorry - couldn't resist that xxxx Well I was going to see if I could teach them that Muppet Chicken - Joy to the World - that DM put on Haven't heard that Spike Milligan song for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Have you been playing Spike Milligan songs to her Luvachicken? I know one of them was called "I'm walking backwards for Christmas"! That was one of my dad's Goons 78s!!! Sorry - couldn't resist that xxxx I'm singing that to myself now! Maisie used to do the occasional backward walk, bum up in the air and head lower and moving side to side. I lost her at the end of October after almost 6 and a half years and she definitely had mental issues. She was a right gobble guts though and ate the same as the others so I'm not sure it was down to nutrition? She was a lone hatch and spent a lot of time with me in the kitchen where I would gently slide her backwards along the kitchen floor and she would gallop back for me to do it again, she loved it, so I wondered if I caused it until I read of similar things on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Thinking about it, she looks more like she is reversing from a burp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggshell Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 My bottom chicken does this when she's being particularly humble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
