2 problems!

[Judyjean1831]

I have 2 issues and need some input.
#1--- I have a hen who just seems weak. Not sick so much as just weak. She still eats, drinks, and poops normally. She just walks a few steps then sits down like she has no energy. Any ideas? No sign of worms, have given her electrolytes, and probiotics, have massaged her crop, and soaked her in warm water in case she was egg bound. She didn't seem egg bound and her crop seemed fine, she didn't vomit. What else should I do for her?

#2--I have 6 hens, including the under-the-weather one. None of our hens have laid an egg in a month. One just started molting, but only a few days ago. So far I have: given them cat food to supplement their protein, all have gotten pro-biotics and electrolytes, they have oyster shell, they have fresh water changed regularly, they get to get out and forage at least 4-5 days a week but usually in the afternoon. I put golf balls in their nesting boxes (2) thinking a snake had been eating them, but the balls sat there for 3 weeks. I even changed their food thinking they were missing something. They get kitchen scraps (squash seeds, bread, grapes, tomatoes, etc.) What am I not doing?!? What is wrong?!?

 

[Mutt Farm]

You poor thing! Sorry I don't have answers for you. 'f you'll copy paste this post in the following links, that's where you'll get more responses. Best of luck, here are the links. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/18/chicken-behaviors-and-egglaying

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

If they are molting they will stop laying before they even start. So you will just have to wait, mine will resume laying after the beginning of the year, most in February. I see what you are describing in some of my birds every year, they pick up stuff from all the wild birds, weakness and lethargy are the main symptoms, some get over it some I will cull, not sure what it is, and doesn't seem to spread, just an individual thing.