weight loss

Hi, fellow keepers. I’m sad and confused, and I hope some experienced folks will offer an opinion about my situation. Bird: 2.5-year-old Ameraucana Origin and environment: Purchased from Chickens for Backyards, arrived via mail a couple of days after hatch, vaccinated for Marek’s. Closed...

Hi folks, So my Golden Laced Wyandotte, Choo-Choo, seems to have lost some weight as of recently. She’s about 6 or 7 years old. She weighs about 3.2 pounds. For the past few years, she’s had a few cases of bumblefoot, ranging from pretty mild to quite extreme. (I once had to pull out a kernel...

Went to let the hens out this morning, and I noticed blood in their coop, right below the roosting bar: Things to note: 1. Noticed one of the hens (shown below) looks smaller - possible weight loss in the past 2 weeks. 2. Same hen - change in comb size (smaller) and color (duller). 3. Same hen...

I have a sweet Cornish cross hen named Lucy that I kept as a pet from my last harvest because she was just so darn cute and affectionate. But now she is getting so fat no matter what I feed her, layer feed, worms, and just letting her forage, she just keeps getting chunkier, I can only estimate...

We have a young lady who is acting normal but losing weight at an alarming rate. She seems to have really started losing weight once winter hit, we live in Canada and she is not a cold hardy breed, I’ve noticed that she has less down than most of our other birds. She a mottled Houdan, average...

Hi everyone! First time posting, but I've looked around and seen similar questions but not exactly the same, so wondering if anyone has any thoughts on my chicken. I'm raising a mixed flock of 6-hens in my backyard, they're about 5-months old now (not laying yet - so can't evaluate whether my...

Hello, I am new to this so please feel free to correct me if I don’t post this right. About three weeks ago I got back from vacation and noticed one of my hens was acting strangely. She is normally very healthy and active, but she was spending most of the day hunched over near the coop...

my two and a half year old buff brahma hen Frida hasn’t eaten for two days now, has been not acting like herself, standing kind of hunched and fluffed up with her head near her body and her eyes closed, and only pooping clear, thick (almost mucousy) faintly reddish brown droppings with thick...

My chicken is about 8 months old. When she was 6 months she came down with foul pox, and it hit her hard. We finally have her at a point where she can be around the other chickens, but she lost a lot of weight and can’t gain any back. She waddles and falls over often when walking. Sneezes all...

For over a month our flock has been getting thinner, weight-wise. (7 chickens and 1 rooster) They have had diarrhea/ watery poop (very few solids). Most of them were molting before this, but nothing has really changed. Things we’ve checked for and done already: all have been eating, except one...

Hello fellow chicken keepers! Looking for insight regarding health concerns in our flock. Here's the scoop (I'll try to be brief): I noticed one of our hens had been having diarrhea and was losing weight. In addition, her crop was distended. I took her to the vet and he treated her for an...

I am still kind of new to the chicken world. My first and my little baby girl Nugget (profile picture) has not pooped in awhile. Lost a lot of weight, lethargic, and it keeps getting worse as the weeks go on. I’ve kept her separate from the other chickens in my flock for two days now and when I...

hello i have a 8 months hen that started laying eggs 3 month ago . she is the kind of chicken that lay eggs everyday and goes broody after like 20 days of laying . the problem is my hen have normal weight when she not laying eggs (after hatching eggs) and lose weight when she starts laying. she...

I have a 4 year old bsl that hasn't laid in months. She moulted just as the days shortened and I didn't worry. A while back I noticed her sneezing and sometimes having a line of drool but it was winter, the others were fine, and she was always at the waterer when I saw this. Spring is...

I found one of my chicken lying on the ground. I can’t say exactly when she stopped laying but it seemed as if she was molting. She had lost all her tail feathers and her comb is pale. She is about 10 months I’ve noticed recently that she has been lethargic. When I took her out I could feel her...

My hen Pearl was eating less and less, so we brought her inside. My stepdad noticed her crop was squishy, and pressed on it to see if she'd throw up. According to him it was A LOT and it was yellow and smelled badly. Then, a sac of orange came out of her mouth like a blob, that splattered on the...

So I’m thinking parasites here. I noticed my silkie was off yesterday when my silkie roo did his business with her and she was in her side doing the death roll. I though he might have snapped her neck but I saw she was breathing but couldn’t get up. I picked her up and she is skin and bones. I...

Please help. My two week old chicks are failing to thrive. I can feel their ribs and keel bones. They are up and eating normally. I had a fecal test that showed cocci and this is day three on corid. The 9 hatchery chicks arrrived 8/12. One arrived unable to stand without stumbling backwards. It...

I have a sick 4.5 year old Cali White. I posted a thread a few days ago and didn’t get any responses (See Post Here). I’m going to dose her with Valbazen and Corid. What’s the dosing amount for each medicine and what is dosing schedule (4mL/day for 3 days, etc)? I have found conflicting dosing...

Please help!! One of my Easter egger developed an overbite that with time I have noticed that she’s struggling picking up the food and she’s not gaining any weight as the rest of the girls.. check the pictures and please suggest on what should I do..