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Update.. after her losing some feathers around her vent, I sadly discovered maggots all in her vent. I was able to flush them out and let her sit in soapy water. Crossing fingers that was the only time I’d have to do that. I’m not sure how it even happened to her.

She acts like she wants to eat and even tries but won’t. I tried giving her some greens. She’s mostly just laying down now with her eyes closed. Poop seems to be white with some neon green.

It feels pretty empty and she feels light. Can she survive a reproductive infection? She mostly stands with her eyes closed.

I have gotten her to take water and electrolytes through a syringe but she won’t drink on her own. I haven’t been able to get her to eat but will try the scrambled eggs and mush pellets!

She’s an active layer and from what I can tell hasn’t laid since this started. She’s standing the whole time and her tail is up. I was able to get her into an old dog kennel and she pooped. It does not look normal to me.

I have an ISA hen who I got in December 2022 with a group of girls and have had them since. Yesterday I noticed one was isolating herself and not coming out of the coop. She has stayed hidden. I haven’t seen her eat or drink and it seems like the other hens are being mean to her. Currently she...

It seems to be going down after massaging it. It doesn’t seem painful to her when I touch it. It’s extremely squishy.

She doesn’t smell foul at all. She just seems very lethargic. I noticed the other girls being mean to her. I was able to get some water down her slowly with a syringe. She isn’t making much noise either.

Here is a better picture of the swollen part.

Currently I have her relaxing in the tub with some warm water after cleaning her good.

Has anyone ever seen anything like this? My girl isn’t moving around as much and I finally caught her to check this out. Is it an injury or disease? What can I do to help her?

I switched to layer crumbles with oyster shells in it right before I added the light. It was almost 80 degrees yesterday here, I had to open the coop windows! I only have one hen laying right now, the other is doing her own thing 😂

She’s still laying strong! I am worried about my other who hasn’t started yet. They were the same age, I assume, when I bought them.

My other hen who was in the group that I bought hasn’t started yet. I ended up with 2 roosters and 2 hens.

I am up to 2 eggs now! One a day since she’s started. It seems she’s laying between 11:30am-12:30pm. Not an early layer 😂