lethargic

A little backstory: I have a Lavender Orpington hen that was born June 2019. She was vaccinated for Mereks by the hatchery before being shipped. On September 2020 she was attacked by a wild animal and survived bites on her back and neck. With a lot of TLC, she was better and acting normal with...

Hello, I have a white Jersey Giant chicken that was hatched in early March. Today I have noticed that when I was feeding the other chickens, this one Jersey giant will not eat. It will not stay with the other chickens. I don’t think it is drinking water either. I think that she has lethargy...

Hi, one of our girls has been sitting in the nest box pretty much all day for the past few days and eating very little. So about a week ago I went out to shut the girls away and our SLW had her neck caught in the hinge of the gate. She kicked and managed to flap off as I went outside and she...

Hello all, I live on the west coast, where we are getting hit with heavy rainfall and floods. My hen has been molting (growing her feathers back, currently) and lethargic. Yes, I figure she's tired from her body being in overdrive to grow those feathers back. We've been giving the chickens...

My baby barred rock, Melody, has a swollen foot. I am wondering if it could be broken? It is tender to the touch but I don’t feel anything broken. No signs of mites and I don’t think it is bumble foot (there is one small spot but the top is really swollen to be a mild bumble case). Any other...

She seems lethargic and is tired and cold, I have been giving her food and water today because I just noticed it. She is my favorite pollet and I don’t want her to die, it has been getting cold out and she wanders far from her mom recently. She seems bony and possibly malnutritioned where as her...

Hi, I have an egg that internally pipped over 48 hours ago. After 24 hours it still hadn't externally pipped so I poked a small hole through the air cell and put it back in the bator. 24 hours later there was no progress and I could no longer hear it peeping. I began chipping away the shell and...

Hi there! I noticed today that one of my 2 and a half year old hens, Rhody, is acting slightly lethargic today. Upon looking closer I noticed that her comb has a very small flop to it that didn’t used to be there, and it’s tips at the back are slightly darker/more discoloured than normal. Also...

I noticed this afternoon one of my wyandotte hens was having very watery stool and her comb and wattles are quite pale. In addition, she is acting rather lethargic...much slower than usual and laying down on the ground in the run area outside. She is around 7 months old and has been my most...

I have a one year old Speckled Sussex who's been moulting for the last week or so, but the feather loss has kicked into high gear over the last couple days, with feathers all over the coop and her tail falling out today. She's spending a lot of time hunched up in the sun looking miserable, but...

I’m just so baffled as to what’s wrong with my chicken .. it has been 3 days now she sleeps all day has her feathers puffed out lays in the corner all day and barely drinks or eat attached are pictures of her poop and her in the corner any help would be greatly appreciated

My chicken has been lethargic for about 3 days now. I noticed it first when her balance was a little off. It has since gotten a little worse. She is able to walk, eat, and drink, but her balance is not great. Yesterday I noticed some mites and lice so treated her for that. Her belly seemed a bit...

Good morning… We have a six month old buff Orphington hen. I came out to the run this morning she is standing in the corner with her head down looking like she’s going to fall asleep standing up. She’s very lethargic, picked her up and brought her inside to monitor her condition.… Does anyone in...

I have a barred rock hen that is 6 months old and she has been lethargic for a couple days now and her rear is quite messy. I clipped away messy feathers a few days ago also. There’s no blood in the stool or visible worms. She did eat a little this morning. I have 8 other hens that seem fine...

Advice appreciated! My chicken seemed fine then suddenly I noticed today her crop and under her vent were bulging. Either I didn’t notice anything sooner or it came on suddenly. It looks like her feathers are missing or just spread out a bit from the bulging, she has green/yellow diarrhea and...

Hi everyone,' One of my hens was acting very odd and lethargic tonight and when I saw her poop was unhealthy looking I grew pretty concerned. Note in these pictures her tail feathers are unusually thin - there was a duck who was bullying the hens and pulling their feathers, but she's been...

Yesterday one of my hens had an impacted crop. I dealt with it like I usually do, and have been able to cure them every time. That same day, around 12 pm, she began to act like herself and went into the hen house to lay...However, she did not lay. Later that evening she began to sit around. I...

I posted earlier this morning about our girl, Little. We think she has coccidiosis based on her bloody stool and change in demeanor this morning. We isolated her and gave her corid in the hopes that it will solve the problem. I've been watching her throughout the day (so thankful to be working...

My poor Meredith is a 17 wk Olive egger. She was fine last night and this morning, but this afternoon she has gotten SUPER pale. She is lethargic and slower moving than normal, but not completely inactive. She is eating and drinking some but not as much as normal. Her poop is yellow and...

Hey all, I have a chicken that seems fairly healthy all around, however today I noticed she was not wanting to move much. She will move a little but for the most part lay there. She isn't panting, her comb seems normal, I checked for a bound egg and I didn't find anything that indicated she was...