I have a 7-8 month old Barnevelder girl that from day one seemed to have GI issues. I was constantly cleaning her butt as a chick. As a pullet she'd occasionally have some runny poo and poo stuck to her butt fluff but usually took care of it herself and it was an intermittent issue.
She's also the lowest on the pecking order but isnt really picked on, she just usually chooses to stay out of the rest of the 5 pullet's way. She moves off if any of the others so much as look at her. She does get to roost with everyone, usually after everyone else picks their spot.
The last week or so I've noticed she's had a bit of caked up butt fluff, but yesterday I noticed her butt is reaaally gross with gunk. She was in the corner of the pen by the waterer, a little hunched and puffed up. But still taking a drink now and then. She squatted and a little bit of clear came out, that looked like egg whites.
She's been squatting like for a rooster when I come in the pen for the last couple weeks so I was expecting her to start laying soon.
I had been feeding them layer feed in the fall, but when no one started laying I switched to all flock when the bag ran out. They do have oyster shell constantly available. Not sure if maybe the others could have been chasing her off of it tho.
I picked up some calcium citrate with D3 at Walmart this morning and I've given her a pill today. Is there anything else I can do?
I just have a bad feeling since she's always seemed to have some kind of gut issues.
She's also the lowest on the pecking order but isnt really picked on, she just usually chooses to stay out of the rest of the 5 pullet's way. She moves off if any of the others so much as look at her. She does get to roost with everyone, usually after everyone else picks their spot.
The last week or so I've noticed she's had a bit of caked up butt fluff, but yesterday I noticed her butt is reaaally gross with gunk. She was in the corner of the pen by the waterer, a little hunched and puffed up. But still taking a drink now and then. She squatted and a little bit of clear came out, that looked like egg whites.
She's been squatting like for a rooster when I come in the pen for the last couple weeks so I was expecting her to start laying soon.
I had been feeding them layer feed in the fall, but when no one started laying I switched to all flock when the bag ran out. They do have oyster shell constantly available. Not sure if maybe the others could have been chasing her off of it tho.
I picked up some calcium citrate with D3 at Walmart this morning and I've given her a pill today. Is there anything else I can do?
I just have a bad feeling since she's always seemed to have some kind of gut issues.