6 year old hen acting differently

[lovelysea123]

Hello I am not sure what happened to my hen but yesterday she was eating and now today for some reason she doesn't want to eat her tail down, and refuse to eat she barely even walks as well maybe like one step or two steps. I gave her a little bit of water so she can drink by opening her beak but I can smell something so smelly inside of her body. The pictures I had attached had droppings like liquid. I live in Texas so the temperatures are mid 80-90 and could get higher. When I felt her, she doesn't feel bloated

 

[BigBlueHen53]

She looks like she is in pain. Check her all over for injuries. Check her left leg, it doesn't look right. Look under her wings. Could a dog have gotten hold of her? Check under her tail.

 

[Tookie]

She looks like she's got a messy bottom, and if you smell something I would be concerned about flystrike. How's her behind look? It would be good to clean up her bottom. Give her a good look over for any injuries and such.
Try giving her some meat, fish, or eggs and see if she'll eat those. If she won't eat then I would add water to feed until you can roll balls out of them and just pop them into her mouth.
Something like Nutri-Drench would be good if you have it. If not, you may want to make some sugar water to give her.

 

[lovelysea123]

She looks like she is in pain. Check her all over for injuries. Check her left leg, it doesn't look right. Look under her wings. Could a dog have gotten hold of her? Check under her tail.

No injuries or anything. She also wasn't reacting when I carried her.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

How about under her tail? I agree with @Tookie, with a bad smell the first place to check is the vent. If she's dirty, clean her up and check for maggots. If all's well there, look in her mouth and see if the smell is coming from there. Follow your nose. SOMEthing's not right.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Not reacting? You mean, not struggling, not fighting you, as you'd expect her to? That might not be a good sign. A healthy hen should object to being carried, unless she's used to it.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

What is that last picture, what are we looking at there?