Acting timid - Not Eating Much

[sbmcqueen]

 

[sbmcqueen]

This might help. This is from today ^ (photo of droppings). I think this might be a huge clue.
I saw another forum where this was Clostridium perfringens? Anyone know what droppings like this might indicate?

 

[sbmcqueen]

 

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[sbmcqueen]

Please post photos of your pullet and her poop.

Thank you!. I just posted photos in the thread. Please let me know if this helps

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What do you feed, including treats?
Do you provide grit (crushed granite)?

Re-check her crop first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat/drink to make sure it's emptying.

If she's been having reproductive issues, then likely this is the cause of her not feeling well again. Did you ever figure out if she was egg bound? Did she lay eggs afterward or just seemed to start getting better on her own?

 

[sbmcqueen]

What do you feed, including treats?
Do you provide grit (crushed granite)?

Re-check her crop first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat/drink to make sure it's emptying.

If she's been having reproductive issues, then likely this is the cause of her not feeling well again. Did you ever figure out if she was egg bound? Did she lay eggs afterward or just seemed to start getting better on her own?

Thank you for this. We will re-check her crop tomorrow morning.

For main food, we feed her layer pellets, and fermented layer pellets with wheat and field peas.

For treats, we give black soldier larvae, sunflower seeds with shells, and scratch mix. Sometimes she will get cherry tomatoes from the garden. There is also a small amount of random household veg and berries.

They free range in the yard, so there will be random grasses, plants , dirt, and bugs in the mix as well.

I am pretty sure she was egg bound. She was acting very ill (very lethargic and not eating), and then laid two eggs within an hour(one soft shell). She felt immediately better after. A day or two later she was lethargic and walking funny. She had a warm bath, laid another soft egg from the roost, and then things seemed to get better. For timing, this was back in late July.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you for this. We will re-check her crop tomorrow morning.

For main food, we feed her layer pellets, and fermented layer pellets with wheat and field peas.

For treats, we give black soldier larvae, sunflower seeds with shells, and scratch mix. Sometimes she will get cherry tomatoes from the garden. There is also a small amount of random household veg and berries.

They free range in the yard, so there will be random grasses, plants , dirt, and bugs in the mix as well.

I am pretty sure she was egg bound. She was acting very ill (very lethargic and not eating), and then laid two eggs within an hour(one soft shell). She felt immediately better after. A day or two later she was lethargic and walking funny. She had a warm bath, laid another soft egg from the roost, and then things seemed to get better. For timing, this was back in late July.

Is she improving now?

Consider deworming her if the poop is still off.
It's possible she has infection, but I'd start with making sure her crop empties and getting a fecal float to see if worms are an issue or just deworm to see if that makes a difference.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

@Wyorp Rock, do you agree with this?

you can try to giver her some water and then gently holder her upside down to see what drains out of her crop

 

[Wyorp Rock]

@Wyorp Rock, do you agree with this?

It's not something I would do, there's a risk of the hen aspirating.