Hello!
I have an 8yo hen who doesn't seem to be doing well at all, she's lethargic and doesn't seem to have an appetite. She's also very underweight, you can see just how under weight she is in the second picture below. She exhibited this behavior probably no more than 2 weeks ago, started with her just being weak and not being able to hop onto the perch or into the coop.
She has been being quite bullied recently, I'd guess because her flock mates know she's weak and not doing too well. So I've separated her in our prefab coop, comes in handy for isolation.
Worth mentioning about mid-March I thought I found lash material stuck to her bottom feathers, so I treated her with amoxicillin for 2 weeks, just to be on the safe side.
No sign of mites or lice, so that's not an issue. She also does not lay eggs. I'll have to check her crop tomorrow morning and see if it's completely emptied.
I was thinking, could she have cancer? I feel like the symptoms fit, and she is an old hen.
I'm not too sure what to do, cause in one week from now we'll be away for ten days.
Edited to add: I think I found tumors on her.
Thanks!
I have an 8yo hen who doesn't seem to be doing well at all, she's lethargic and doesn't seem to have an appetite. She's also very underweight, you can see just how under weight she is in the second picture below. She exhibited this behavior probably no more than 2 weeks ago, started with her just being weak and not being able to hop onto the perch or into the coop.
She has been being quite bullied recently, I'd guess because her flock mates know she's weak and not doing too well. So I've separated her in our prefab coop, comes in handy for isolation.
Worth mentioning about mid-March I thought I found lash material stuck to her bottom feathers, so I treated her with amoxicillin for 2 weeks, just to be on the safe side.
No sign of mites or lice, so that's not an issue. She also does not lay eggs. I'll have to check her crop tomorrow morning and see if it's completely emptied.
I was thinking, could she have cancer? I feel like the symptoms fit, and she is an old hen.
I'm not too sure what to do, cause in one week from now we'll be away for ten days.
Edited to add: I think I found tumors on her.
Thanks!
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