knownothinghomesteader
Chirping
- Mar 6, 2024
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3 days ago noticed 7 month old was walking sluggishly and didn't come to me for treats. 2 days ago found her sitting isolated under coop when everyone else was foraging so isolated her in garage and began dropper feeding her Recover 911 in water with a little bokashi and tiny bit of wet chick starter and B complex (pellets seemed too large).
She had no poop for 24 hours then one solid yellow one (only poop in 48 hours plus).
Crop feels empty. She feels very bony so not sure how long she didn't eat or drink. Comb and wattle normal for her. She was about at the point she should have started laying but don't feel anything like an egg just bony.
She is rapidly deteriorating becoming more lethargic, head dropping, toes curling (was standing fine earlier and last night), even looks lopsided when sitting down.
We have no poultry vets here and have lost numerous chickens in 1.5 years of keeping chickens (last one maybe 5 months ago) so am wondering whether this could be a contagious coop/run issue.
Tried to get photo of eye, also can see ruffled feather last night, worsening ones are from now.
Thank you for reading!
She had no poop for 24 hours then one solid yellow one (only poop in 48 hours plus).
Crop feels empty. She feels very bony so not sure how long she didn't eat or drink. Comb and wattle normal for her. She was about at the point she should have started laying but don't feel anything like an egg just bony.
She is rapidly deteriorating becoming more lethargic, head dropping, toes curling (was standing fine earlier and last night), even looks lopsided when sitting down.
We have no poultry vets here and have lost numerous chickens in 1.5 years of keeping chickens (last one maybe 5 months ago) so am wondering whether this could be a contagious coop/run issue.
Tried to get photo of eye, also can see ruffled feather last night, worsening ones are from now.
Thank you for reading!
