My hen is sick

Frankod123

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Nov 30, 2013
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Hi All, I noticed my hen was sick about 2 weeks ago when she showed no enthusiasm to eat in the morning. Initially I took her out of the flock, kept her warm etc, then realised she had an impacted crop. I followed some suggestions re: draining the crop, and administered olive oil & Epsom salts. She perked up a bit and I put her back with the flock. However I am noting that she's not looking well at all again.
Symptoms are - not enthusiastic to eat again, droopy looking, head pulled into body. I checked & the crop issue seems to be resolved, but she feels light (she would have lost weight over this time). She is 2 yrs old and her other flock members seem fine. There is no evidence of discharge or coughs. When I treated her for impacted crop her comb was bright red, but it's now dull & small.
Any suggestions appreciated. Thank you

Update - I am keeping her in a seperate cage at the moment. She is very weak, it doesn't look like she ate/drank anything today (tomorrow is Saturday here in Sydney Australia) so I will have a chance to give her some love. Please give me some suggestions
 
She is a little old for coccidiosis, but she may still get it if her immunity is low for some reason. Amprollium or amprol, Corid, etc. is the vest treatment. Egg yolk peritonitis, ovarian cancer, and other chronic diseases could be a problem. With chickens, to try to get them to help with immunity, worming them a couple of times a year, and twice a week giving them probiotics and vitamins may help. Have you ever had other chickens weaken or die from something similar?
 
Hi Eggcessive, thx, unfortunately my hen died on the weekend. I am fairly new to chickens so haven't had much illness before. But plan to worm them through winter when they have stopped laying. That said I don't think it was worms.. Thanks for replying
 
Sorry for your loss. Wheever a chicken dies, it can be helpful to tey and do a necropsy on the chicken, looking at the abdominal organs, opeing the intestines to look for worms or signs of coccidiosis or enteritis with discolored or bluish intestines, looking at the liver, crop and gizzard for blockage, or egg binding. Your state vet can also do a necropsy to look for a cause of death.
 

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