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  1. G

    Sick Chicken - weight loss and lethargic.

    Hi, I’m new to the forum. I have 3 isa brown cross white leghorn hens (princess layer, Gerty and hen solo) and they are about 2 1/2 years old. Princess Layer has become very sick and I have no idea what’s wrong. She just went through a moult and her feathers have all mainly come through again...
  2. JacquelineTheHen

    Unthrifty hen, now with egg laying probs

    Hi all. My favorite 2 year old Amber-White hen has probs and I can't figure it out. The other 6 hens don't seem to be having this problem though one 2 year old gold sexlink lays eggs in separate parts and has for most of her life and may have some thinning feathers on her underside too. (I think...
  3. NorthernChick1

    Muscovy tramatic weight loss during winter!

    Throughout my flock of chickens are 2 muscovy ducks, they are the same age and i got them last spring. By fall they were pretty heavy and healthy, a month or so ago i noticed one was looking a little rough but with winter hitting -35 -40°C for a period of 3 weeks i picked them up today and my...
  4. HappyFeetHens

    Hen Losing Weight While Molting?

    I have a 2-3 year old RIR hen who is definitely molting, but she seems to have been losing weight recently. Another hen is molting too, but the one I’m concerned about is considerably smaller. I’m thinking she may have been losing weight prior to the molt, but when you see them every day it’s...
  5. S

    Lethargic, won't eat or drink, seems to have trouble seeing

    My girl is not doing well, so this post may be a bit long trying, to give as much detail as possible. HISTORY She is middle aged (not sure exact age), has two friends who are perfectly fine, but has taken a turn for the worse. I think she might be a golden sussex, but I'm not positive...
  6. AccidentalChickenLady

    Lethargic chicken w/ diarrhea, lost weight, small bugs (+photos)

    Apologies in advance for the long post, but my hope is to provide as much detail as possible, and get some suggestions for at-home remedies (or those that can be administered at home) to try and save my favorite bird! My 1.5-year-old Barred Rock, Raven, has had some runnier-than-normal poops...
  7. Stacyoung13

    Weight loss

    I asked this question already on this forum but got no answers. How much weight should a silkie egg lose during incubation? I read somewhere about percentage of weight loss, but I couldn't find it again
  8. MarlyMonster

    Target weight loss for quail?

    I’ve been trying to find the target weight loss for incubating quail eggs but can’t find a set answer, just what people use themselves. I’m still learning to navigate the site so maybe I’m just not looking right. So what’s the target weight loss for quails, total and weekly? I’ve only...
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  9. Waqar4

    Chicken losing appetite and weight.

    Hi, I took in two, two year old healthy chickens from a friend who was moving. In a few days one of the chickens ran away. One remained, so I got two Silkie chicks for company but keep them separate for most of the time since the hen pecks the chicks. But since the the hen moved into my place it...
  10. EKemper1

    Emergency! RIR Age 3 yrs Hard lump on chest, and losing weight.

    My Rhode Island Red, Chocobo, has developed a lump on her chest. It is soft on the bottom but hard at the top. She went into molt a week ago, since then she has been exhausted and not eating. I thought it was a combination of the molt and the heat, and treated her for such. Vitamins, protein...
  11. LittlePigeon

    Coccidosis in Chickens? Or not?

    Hi everybody. New chicken mama here. I got my girls around 10 weeks old and now they're about 26 weeks old (we're guessing. One of my orps just started laying.) However, I've got one dark brahma that I'm concerned about. She started acting differently around 2 and a half weeks ago. She was...
  12. A

    Weight loss after being eggbound

    Hi, my faverolle chicken ‘Ariella’ who is 3.5yrs was eggbound last Wednesday (8days ago). The egg came out very soft but intact on Wednesday evening after baths & a calcium injection from the vet. She was unable to stand afterwards, knuckling both feet. Gradually with a lot of tlc she is walking...
  13. Boymomchickmom

    Need help sick Chicken

    About 2 weeks ago one of my BCM babies got hurt/sick. She was having trouble walking on her right leg and laying down a lot. We brought her in the house and put her in a crate. On Thursday of last week she didn' look good so we checked her poo and found worms so we wormed her and for good meaure...
  14. P

    Cha Cha UPDATE: Calling All Crop Experts!

    Hi Everyone, I’m in need of some crop advice. Any help is much appreciated! I have another recent thread with more detail/history. Responses dwindled & this is a different focus, hence the new thread. If you are curious and have time...
  15. B

    Coccidiosis? Worms? Something else?

    I'm having difficulty diagnosing my hen. She has very smelly yellow/green diarrhea, lethargic, hardly eats/drinks, looks depresed, lost a lot of weight, and is acting cold (even when it's not). Been going on for a little over a week. At first I was thinking Coccidiosis, but her diarrhea doesn't...
  16. pillageTHENburn

    Egg weight loss questions...

    I have what feels like a bit of a problem. I have two emu eggs that are on day 26 of incubation. Their temperature has been 97.0 (with minor fluctuations when turning the eggs etc.). I have been trying to slow their weight loss since day one! Based on a 48 day incubation they should be losing...
  17. S

    Hen losing weight. Worms?

    I know I could search the forums for this answer, but we're feeling really overwhelmed. We have 4 hens. 2 Buffs and 2 Easter Eggers. They are almost one and have been laying since July/August. We live in Maine and this time of year is cold and dark. Our buffs have continued to lay and recently...
  18. MLG1900

    Skinny, foul poop, sick chicken

    Hello all, I am in need of some help with my sick chicken. She is a barred rock and will be 2 in the spring. I noticed a several weeks ago that she was super skinny. I picked her up and she was light as a feather and her breastbone is so prominent and I do not feel any breast muscle at all...
  19. C

    Hen losing weight and isolated

    Our lavender Orpington within the last 2 weeks has moved from top roost at night to middle roost below the 3 other chickens, to now sleeping in a nesting box. She just had new feathers grow in and looks good except for being thinner and seems to have the same friendly personality with people...
  20. scalci

    Food obsessed hen, losing weight! Help!

    Hello, So I have 3 hens, 2 that are probably about 4 years old (I think they’re red sexlinks) and 1 that’s 6 1/2 (white leghorn). For the last year or so Martha (1 of the sexlinks) has been very concerned with food. The last few months it has become pretty bad. She is always eating, she will...
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