Background: We had a flock of 11 LF hens that we got about 6 weeks ago. They are around 1 yr old. 1.5 weeks ago we noticed that one of the hens was acting odd. She wasn't interested in food, she was very listless, hunched up, going off by herself. We didn't think about it that night (Friday night) so we didn't quarantine her. She did sleep that night on the roosts with the other hens. Saturday morning she was still acting odd and I noticed that there was diarrhea on the roosting bar where she had been the night before. After doing some research I thought maybe she was egg-bound, so I gloved up and checked her. I didn't find an egg, but I did find more diarrhea :/. We quarantined her in the garage. Oh, I forgot, earlier that week, maybe Tuesday or Wednesday I found a super weird egg in the coop. It was just a membrane around a hard jello/gummy egg shaped mass, it was light pink I think. I don't know if that is related. Anyways, we quarantined her on Saturday and she was not doing well. She just stood there, didn't even turn around or lay down for a long time. I didn't see her eat or drink anything. We squirted some water in her mouth that night. she stayed in the crate in the same condition until she died sometime on Tuesday. She did not at any point exhibit any respiratory symptoms. Her comb and wattle stayed bright red the whole time. Oh and the hen that died was a buff Orpington. We did not do a necroscopy because it would cost us $120 in our state (Indiana) and we could replace the entire flock for that price. Someone told us that it was probably coccidiosis so we treated the rest of the flock with corid in there water, but they are free roam in our backyard so I don't know how much they got. I also put DE in their coop and a few of their favorite dust bath areas in case they had lice or mites.
We also just introduced some new chickens to the flock. But they were still in quarantine when the first hen died. They were quarantined in their own coop/run that is, umm probably at least 30-50 feet away from the closest fenced in area that the original chickens roam in. So I don't think they could have given them anything. And the new chickens are not exhibiting any symptoms.
Current Problem: we have another chicken who is acting a little odd, hunched up, with diarrhea, not really interested in treats. She is a lot more active than the other one was right now. We caught her and gave her some corid in her beak and quarantined her. Again there are no respiratory symptoms and her comb and wattle are bright red. And right now she is moving around a decent amount in the quarantine pen (an 8x4 summer coop/run).
But she does definitely have diarrhea. Oh and she is an Isa brown. Around 30 min before she started acting weird she was acting fine joining in with everyone eating a cracked corn treat.
Does anyone have any ideas of what could be wrong?
We also just introduced some new chickens to the flock. But they were still in quarantine when the first hen died. They were quarantined in their own coop/run that is, umm probably at least 30-50 feet away from the closest fenced in area that the original chickens roam in. So I don't think they could have given them anything. And the new chickens are not exhibiting any symptoms.
Current Problem: we have another chicken who is acting a little odd, hunched up, with diarrhea, not really interested in treats. She is a lot more active than the other one was right now. We caught her and gave her some corid in her beak and quarantined her. Again there are no respiratory symptoms and her comb and wattle are bright red. And right now she is moving around a decent amount in the quarantine pen (an 8x4 summer coop/run).
But she does definitely have diarrhea. Oh and she is an Isa brown. Around 30 min before she started acting weird she was acting fine joining in with everyone eating a cracked corn treat.
Does anyone have any ideas of what could be wrong?