weight loss

  1. J

    Mystery Illness, Potentially Crop Related?

    Hello fellow chicken keepers! Looking for insight regarding health concerns in our flock. Here's the scoop (I'll try to be brief): I noticed one of our hens had been having diarrhea and was losing weight. In addition, her crop was distended. I took her to the vet and he treated her for an...
  2. itsbrittanypearl

    IS THIS CURABLE???

    I am still kind of new to the chicken world. My first and my little baby girl Nugget (profile picture) has not pooped in awhile. Lost a lot of weight, lethargic, and it keeps getting worse as the weeks go on. I’ve kept her separate from the other chickens in my flock for two days now and when I...
  3. soufiane

    hen loosing weight when laying eggs

    hello i have a 8 months hen that started laying eggs 3 month ago . she is the kind of chicken that lay eggs everyday and goes broody after like 20 days of laying . the problem is my hen have normal weight when she not laying eggs (after hatching eggs) and lose weight when she starts laying. she...
  4. L

    Bad breath, not pooping much, not laying

    I have a 4 year old bsl that hasn't laid in months. She moulted just as the days shortened and I didn't worry. A while back I noticed her sneezing and sometimes having a line of drool but it was winter, the others were fine, and she was always at the waterer when I saw this. Spring is...
  5. MenachemEliyahu

    Lethargic and underweight Leghorn

    I found one of my chicken lying on the ground. I can’t say exactly when she stopped laying but it seemed as if she was molting. She had lost all her tail feathers and her comb is pale. She is about 10 months I’ve noticed recently that she has been lethargic. When I took her out I could feel her...
  6. Clucking_Caramel

    Vomiting hen not eating and is weak

    My hen Pearl was eating less and less, so we brought her inside. My stepdad noticed her crop was squishy, and pressed on it to see if she'd throw up. According to him it was A LOT and it was yellow and smelled badly. Then, a sac of orange came out of her mouth like a blob, that splattered on the...
  7. S

    Watery stool with blood and weight loss

    So I’m thinking parasites here. I noticed my silkie was off yesterday when my silkie roo did his business with her and she was in her side doing the death roll. I though he might have snapped her neck but I saw she was breathing but couldn’t get up. I picked her up and she is skin and bones. I...
  8. MixedFlock23

    Failure to thrive in my new chicks. Please help.

    Please help. My two week old chicks are failing to thrive. I can feel their ribs and keel bones. They are up and eating normally. I had a fecal test that showed cocci and this is day three on corid. The 9 hatchery chicks arrrived 8/12. One arrived unable to stand without stumbling backwards. It...
  9. lbgreenfield

    Dosing for Corid & Valbazen

    I have a sick 4.5 year old Cali White. I posted a thread a few days ago and didn’t get any responses (See Post Here). I’m going to dose her with Valbazen and Corid. What’s the dosing amount for each medicine and what is dosing schedule (4mL/day for 3 days, etc)? I have found conflicting dosing...
  10. Joe n Jess

    Help!! Overbite on one of my girls..

    Please help!! One of my Easter egger developed an overbite that with time I have noticed that she’s struggling picking up the food and she’s not gaining any weight as the rest of the girls.. check the pictures and please suggest on what should I do..
  11. theVulture

    Unusual droppings and weigh loss

    Bantam hen lost a bit weight during molting, and gained afterwards, but then proceeded to lose more weight progressively and has unusual droppings for the last a week or so. Shes in quarantine, in order to not to risk the others. Shes NOT showing any other symptoms like abnormal breathing...
  12. M

    Beak issues with 13 month old hen, and swollen red wattle? what could be wrong?

    My adult hen (13months old ) has something wrong with her beak I think. She has swollen red bumps on the sides of her beak. She is also an ameracauana so she doesn't really have wattles... You can see in the picture that there is a gap between her upper beak and lower and doesn't close all the...
  13. N

    Clear, watery poop

    My 8 month old girl, Red, has had watery diarrhea for a week now. She has been in isolation for 7 days with no improvement. Red: *Has grit *Only eats a little crumple each day. *Drinks a lot of water *Does NOT have an impacted crop *Has lost weight. * She will not drink water with probiotic...
  14. Apimacchi

    Help! Easter Egger not eating Or drinking at all

    Good morning, My little Easter Egger has been acting weird for the past 10 days. I noticed she had started losing weight and wasn’t as interested in her food as she usually was. There was some unusual pecking behavior , but she had been laying consistently and drinking tons of water. I have 5...
  15. C

    Handicap Pekin

    We have a pekin that’s newly handicapped. She’s kept inside in a play pen so she has soft bedding. She’s not able to walk anymore but is able to get around her room and has 24/7 access to food and water. In the last 6 weeks she has lost 2 pounds. Her appetite is perfect, no change at all. Her...
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  16. K

    Help! Hens are all losing weight...

    I have 3 hens (a Barred Plymouth, Gold Sex Link and Welsummer) who are 8 months old... We recently lost their sister (not sure why exactly.. we thought it was related to an impacted crop but we got desperate and brought her to a vet and they suggested it might have been something more chronic...
  17. BrahmaGirl2018

    Sour Crop in a year old hen.....Help please!

    I have a year old Light Brahma, Benedict who seems to be suffering from sour crop from what I have read on here and other articles online. The whole flock was treated for Coccidiosis back in June. She seemed to be feeling better and eating and drinking well for a bit. Then I noticed she started...
  18. D

    Smelly Diarrhea, weight loss, low appetite

    Priscilla has had pure liquid green/yellow diarrhea for over a week now, it has a very odd and peculiar smell (new smell to me), her weight is crazy down, she has some energy but not much. I've been giving her some raw milk kefir with cinnamon, honey, and some oregano oil to hopefully fight off...
  19. LynnieU

    Floppy comb, diarrhea, & weight loss in a 2 year old Cinnamon Queen~

    Hello, I have a 2 year old Cinnamon Queen who has a floppy comb, weight loss, diarrhea and not laying for about a month now. She's laid about 2 eggs we think in the last 4 week or so period. He activity level is mostly good, some bad days where she stands in the corner of the coop, but always...
  20. D

    Floppy Comb, weight loss, poopy butt...

    I noticed last week that Priscilla's butt was oddly poopy - very wet and her feathers were a mess. I hosed her butt off and thought that would be it. 2 days later, the same thing but also noticed her comb seemed to be a little floppier than normal. I went out of town for a few days and this...
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