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    My chicken is really rubbish at eating and very underweight!

    She doesn’t appear to like the sling and will try to get out and squarks and flaps madly when I put her in!
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    My chicken is really rubbish at eating and very underweight!

    She is in a sling! She has been day times for about two weeks. I take her out at night and put her in a tray with raised sides and a warm hot water bottle over night.
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    My chicken is really rubbish at eating and very underweight!

    I’ve been tube feeding her using the chick crumbs soaked in probiotic water. She has also been eating some layer pellets, scrambled egg, meal meals and blueberries herself. The nutridrops arrived Sunday and she has had those each day. However, she still hasn’t put on any weight! I weighed her...
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    My chicken is really rubbish at eating and very underweight!

    Thankyou. I will get some. I thought about chick crumbs as should be easier to tube feed. I'll also order some of the nutri drops. I started the tube fluids as she doesn't appear to drink at all. I manage about 100ml a day, but I should be able to do more as I'm on school break for the next...
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    My chicken is really rubbish at eating and very underweight!

    I have attached photos if you scroll up. I have seen a vet twice. She has been ill and is improving, but I was worried how inefficient she is at eating
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    My chicken is really rubbish at eating and very underweight!

    Her eyes have been reacting normally to light sources and dark, normal pupil dilation.
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    My chicken is really rubbish at eating and very underweight!

    I am in England, UK. The Infectious Coryza was diagnosed by a vet. She has been having Tylan, probiotics and Flubenvet incase there were any underlying reasons why she got I'll in the first place. I had been adding vitamins to the water, garlic to her food etc but she is now having so much...
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    My chicken is really rubbish at eating and very underweight!

    So a bit of background: I have a chicken less than 2 years old called Winnie. She has been living inside for four weeks now after a bad case of Coryza, conjunctivitis etc. She has been unable to walk during that tim and has been on antibiotic. she seems much better and more herself, but is...
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