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**UPDATE** now she is laying down on the floor belly down

Hi, I have a red-cross hen who has been lethargic for the past few days. She is drinking a lot of water. we just started giving her probiotic. her poop is yellow and watery with pale yellow curdles (kinda like tiny scrambled eggs). Her waddles are shriveled. I tried feeling her crop and it was...

Hi, I have a red-cross hen who has been lethargic for the past few days. She is drinking a lot of water. we just started giving her probiotic. her poop is yellow and watery with pale yellow curdles (kinda like tiny scrambled eggs). Her waddles are shriveled. I tried feeling her crop and it was...

This happened yesterday. My 6 chickens were in the run and I was bringing them some corn. All of the chickens came over excitedly except for my red cross who seemed lethargic but still standing. She was making strange neck jerks forwards and to both sides and seemed to also be elongating her...

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This happened today. My 6 chickens were in the run and I was bringing them some corn. All of the chickens came over excitedly except for my red cross who seemed lethargic but still standing. She was making strange neck jerks forwards and to both sides and seemed to also be elongating her neck...

Do you need a speculum to do tube feeding

I checked her abdomen and it wasn't hard so I don't think she has a stuck egg, also I think I found her crop and it was squishy.

okay thank you, and how do I check for a stuck egg and how do i check her crop?

I have 6 chickens that I got from a hatchery 30 weeks ago: 3 Buffs, 2 Red-Cross, and 1 Plymouth Rock. All of my chickens are laying eggs, well were. The day before yesterday I got the usual 6 eggs, but then the next day there were only four eggs in the nest. I couldn't tell which chickens were...

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