I have a chick/pullet who has been under the weather and any advise would be very helpful! I will try to list all i can about her situation.
Malta is a silver laced wyandotte who is about 7 weeks old now, we got her and a buff orpington (Truffle) from the local feed store in the middle of Feb.
She was a bit of a runt but very friendly and active. A little while ago i noticed that she was walking a little funny and upon closer inspection realized that her whole rear end was swollen and kind of "full" feeling, like a soft water balloon, which is why she was walking funny. She also seems to breath a little hard at times and you can hear her wheeze a little bit.
She has always seemed to get cold easy, I just figured that was because she was so small. She has always been very active and keeps up fine with Truffle. They play outside and dust bathe and she always seems happy, she just doesn't like to be picked up, I assume its because she is uncomfortable.
Even though she is smaller than Truffle she is just as heavy if not heavier, I don't know if that is a breed thing or not, just seemed odd.
She does poop about as often as Truffle, but her droppings are always small and usually pretty hard or they are that liquidy brown stinky poop that they have sometimes, nothing unusual, just on the small size.
I tried to do some research and constipation seemed to be the closest thing I've found to what might be ailing her, but I couldn't find much of a description or advice referring to young chickens.
I started trying to get her to eat some yogurt and olive oil, she ate a little but I'm not sure if it will be enough to help anything.
Maybe I'm being overly cautious, but I know how quickly things can take a turn for the worse, so im trying to be proactive about the whole situation.
Any advise on what might be the problem with her or what I can do to help her would mean a lot to me!
Thanks!
Malta is a silver laced wyandotte who is about 7 weeks old now, we got her and a buff orpington (Truffle) from the local feed store in the middle of Feb.
She was a bit of a runt but very friendly and active. A little while ago i noticed that she was walking a little funny and upon closer inspection realized that her whole rear end was swollen and kind of "full" feeling, like a soft water balloon, which is why she was walking funny. She also seems to breath a little hard at times and you can hear her wheeze a little bit.
She has always seemed to get cold easy, I just figured that was because she was so small. She has always been very active and keeps up fine with Truffle. They play outside and dust bathe and she always seems happy, she just doesn't like to be picked up, I assume its because she is uncomfortable.
Even though she is smaller than Truffle she is just as heavy if not heavier, I don't know if that is a breed thing or not, just seemed odd.
She does poop about as often as Truffle, but her droppings are always small and usually pretty hard or they are that liquidy brown stinky poop that they have sometimes, nothing unusual, just on the small size.
I tried to do some research and constipation seemed to be the closest thing I've found to what might be ailing her, but I couldn't find much of a description or advice referring to young chickens.
I started trying to get her to eat some yogurt and olive oil, she ate a little but I'm not sure if it will be enough to help anything.
Maybe I'm being overly cautious, but I know how quickly things can take a turn for the worse, so im trying to be proactive about the whole situation.
Any advise on what might be the problem with her or what I can do to help her would mean a lot to me!
Thanks!
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