sick hen

  1. amynw

    Help, swollen eye getting worse

    Please help. I don’t know what I’m dealing with. She is the oldest chicken I have and she has had eye problems for the last 3 days. I started antibiotic ointment for her eye today. But I’d like to know what I’m working with. No other symptoms of any illness or anything. Eating fine, active, and...
  2. E

    Help!! Improving lethargy but diarrhea in hen

    Hi all. I’m new here. I’ve had my three girls for about 2.5 years with very little issues. But four days ago one of my hens was showing signs of being sick. She was mostly laying down and didn’t want to walk. When she did she was limping. Stopped laying eggs. Anyways it was after hours so I just...
  3. RayrayB

    Swollen eye

    I have a young pullet who began acting off today (staying off to herself, laying down a lot). She has no other physical symptoms, other than a small amount of swelling above her right eye. She's not displaying any respiratory symptoms, but should I go ahead and treat her with an antibiotic just...
  4. CalBickieMomma

    HELP! Sick hen, again! Lethargy, smelly poop, puffed up, possible swollen abdomen...

    I’ve been having a run of sick hens lately (ugh), but my recent girl seems to be the worst so far. During my past few weeks of isolating a couple of them, one evacuated a clump of roundworms ( :sick ), and so I suspected this was the issue for the three I am/was concerned about (laying...
  5. C

    Laying on side and breathing heavy!

    I brought my hen inside last night as I noticed she wasn't eating much and looked listless. This morning she is laying on her side, breathing heavily, and her eyes are half closed. I syringe-fed her some homemade electrolytes, but she hasn't improved. Any ideas on what it could be and I can do...
  6. F

    Mystery Illness

    Hi. I have a black Maran that was acting lethargic, not eating, had lost weight and was having the bright green poop that I assumed was from her not eating. I pulled her out of the coop to watch her about a week ago. My first thought was infection or crop issues. Her crop never felt enlarged...
  7. 5

    Missing Feathers Mystery

    Hello! So, November 2020 through January 2021, my chickens were molting. Only one of my hens had a hard molt, another lost feathers around her neck, while the others barely molted. The hen who had a hard molt grew her feathers back 2-3 months ago, while my featherless necked hen didn't. I...
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  8. Gonecluckingmad

    Pale face/comb - any ideas?

    Hi fellow Chicken People 😊 My orphington, Big Booty Judy, isn't feeling her best. She's lethargic and pale. I offered her electrolytes and probiotics, she drank it earlier but not now. I have looked for lice/mites but didn't see any (are they visible to the eye?). I also cleaned put the coop...
  9. amynw

    Sick hen

    Hi everyone. I’m hoping to find some help with my dear Ruby. She is approximately 6 years old, she doesn’t lay anymore, and hasn’t since we “adopted her” last year so I know it’s nothing laying related. I’ve just loved her since the day I met her and wanted to give her a home. She is an Isa...
  10. T

    Another post about my sick bantam. Please help!

    Hi, this is my second post about my spangled OEGB hen. She went broody for about a month and a half (because the chickens laid eggs on her for a bit and we just left the eggs that had already started developing and made a door only she could get through) She hasn't laid since then. It's been...
  11. T

    Sick or eggbound hen?

    I just typed this up and it took me 25 minutes then it deleted I have this spangled OEGB hen named Mustache Man (the name is a long story haha) but she had been broody for nearly a month and a half. The big chickens kept laying eggs on her until we put a tiny door there, so that's why it took...
  12. H

    Found a sick hen laying in the nest box this morning

    Can anyone please advise: I found a hen laying in the nest box this morning; head down, eyes closed, wings droopy, tail ruffled and partially up. She just let me pick her up, never opened her eyes so I separated her from the flock, she is laying in the cage just the same and breathing seems...
  13. T

    Sick hen. Mucus in mouth and partially swollen face

    One of my hens has some sort of slime or mucus like discharge in her mouth. She's also keeping her left eye closed, and it seems like her head, or the area around her eye, is a little swollen. I don't think she can open her left eye. I just noticed this tonight. What can I do?
  14. Sick or broody hen?

    Sick or broody hen?

    Hi all, I have been having an ongoing problem with my year old Cochin hen for going on three weeks now and it’s worrying me. I thought she was broody, however she is exhibiting some strange behaviour I have not seen in broody hens so I am concerned that she is sick. I had put her in my broody...
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  15. WorldsOkayestFarmer

    Please help...

    I noticed over the weekend my hen refused to jump into the coop like she always has... when I picked her up, I noticed her crop was fat and squishy... I read some articles online about how to clear a crop.. and everything went well. This was Friday into Saturday , I figured after that she would...
  16. filmcmahon

    Lethargic Chicken with Dirty bottom

    Hi all. I have 11 month old silkie bantam hen that has all of a sudden had a decline in health. we feed her and her two flock mates a local farm store’s poultry blend and keep their water clean, and then give table scraps every so often. she was laying up until two days ago. she still scratches...
  17. W

    Please Help my Sick Chicken !!

    I have a black australorp that is around 6 months old and just started laying eggs about 2 weeks ago. Recently, she constantly makes coughing sounds and keeps on moving her head side to side and swinging her head around. She also has some grumbling sounds that are not coming from her mouth but...
  18. R

    Puffed up, lethargic hen with runny, yellow poop!

    Hi, everyone! I have a 1 year old black silver laced Wyandotte who has been acting off for a few days. The flock free ranges, but this weekend I noticed she wasn't coming out of the coop with the others. She was staying on the roost most of the day with her feathers puffed out and her neck...
  19. chickmamat

    Ascites / chicken still draining hours later??

    3yo RIR. After lots of research realized it was ascites. She’s been in fine spirits but I noticed her breathing heavily last week, have been keeping a close eye. I picked her up 4-5 days ago and realized her abdomen was full of fluid and felt like an overfilled water baloon. We do not have the...
  20. BarelyBirding

    Sick hen, paleness, lethargic and spot on tongue

    One of my year and a half old black sexlink hens is sick. There is definitely something going on but I’m not sure what. She has been a bit lethargic lately, but still eats and drinks and gets around fine. Her comb and wattles are pale, and when I looked inside her mouth she had a nasty red spot...
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