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Aand she died this morning. Held on like crazy! It was only the last day that she became "no longer alert" and it was only 1-2hrs after that she died. Sad times, but now resting under the trees.

Arg you guys might be right after all. She had a week or so of seemingly good health, then laid a normal egg, then started going strange again. Not eating at all but trying to sit in nesting boxes all day (producing nothing), standing around falling asleep, won't perch or move about etc. Looks...

Update: She is doing a lot better now. Her appetite is returning steadily and she's much more active and tried dust bathing on my floor. I've been putting her outside for a little while in the day (flock still seems to remember her, she immediately started bullying one of the pullets so I take...

You still think it's reproductive issues? Hmm, I thought she would be going more downhill if that was the case. Crop seems to empty fine now that the weird dough is gone. They were all wormed last month. She seems normal, just... skinny.

Should the medicine have worked by now? Her appetite is still very 'scant'. I don't really want to put her outside (snowing currently) when it seems like she's not even eating enough to sustain herself. But, she can't really live indoors either :D She has already done a number on my carpet...

shell-less, I thought it was maybe since she lays HUGE eggs and wasn't getting enough calcium, so I started giving her more crushed shells. been tempting her with layer feed (completely ignores this lol), mealworms, scrambled egg. she'll eat little bits of each. I think her appetite might be...

No egg in last 3-4 days. This morning her crop emptied (much massaging and oil yesterday), she ate and drank a little bit (very not enough though) and is feeling mischievous enough to jump out of her box and explore the room.

Thanks for the responses. Her crop is definitely like dough.

Her comb seems to have brightened. Good sign?

This morning she seems the same. Her crop is pingpong ball l sized and seems to have some stuff in it still though she only ate some mealworms yesterday. It's... squashable. Like, not hard and not watery. I don't know why there'd still be stuff in it unless it's just stones or whatever. Or...

Evening now and she is much the same but maybe a tiny bit more alert. She will eat a couple of mealworms soaked in water and drink a little if I bring the dish to her face. Otherwise she just ignores it and closes her eyes. Lots of yellow-white liquid poo.

Oh, she eats constantly (not today though), but, she has always seemed a bit skinny. She is just sleeping in the box now and I annoy her to drink some water every 10 mins. :l

Also gave her a warm bath and felt for an egg, nada. The purple comb leads me to believe she is dying though. :/

Coccidiosis, really? I thought the symptoms for that are blood in droppings, she never had that. I do have some amprolium I can put in her water. I guess it can't hurt at this point.

Should I give her more calcium?

Now she keeps falling asleep sitting down and closing her eyes.

She drinks only if I bring the water dish almost up to her face... so... I will keep doing that, lol

When I let the hens out this morning one (I call her wee hen 'cause she is the smallest, yet lays the biggest eggs. go figure) didn't come out and was hunched in the nesting box. She's had wheezing problems since we got her from a farm last summer and occasionally nI have to keep an eye on her...