I have a 3 year old Americana this summer she stopped laying not sure why as time progressed her comb looked dry and wilting. Now she is still not laying comb is deflated and white and around her eyes is very grey almost like she is much older. The other 3 chickens I have are all fine. This chicken is also very spazie, any ideas?
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Is it cold where you are? That could explain her break from laying. Pictures of her face would also be helpful. Does she have any other symptoms? Is she still eating and drinking normally? Has she gone through her yearly molt, yet?
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Sounds like an annual molt plus maybe something else going on. Have you checked her over for lice and mites (best checked for well after dark)? Have you ever dewormed your flock?
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Can you please post some photos of your hen and her poop?
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Feel her abdomen for bloat or fluid, look for lice/mites and make sure her crop is emptying overnight.
She may be going through molt, you should be able to see if pin feathers are coming in.
What do you mean by very spazie? She's disoriented, flighty? Is she able to eat/drink on her own?
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To answer all your questions in one post,
1. No I have not checked for lice or mites yet will do that today.
2. She stopped laying in the early summer.
3.she is eating and drinking normally
4. She has molted already
5. Never dewormed flock
6. Feed all organic feed, from grubby farm picture attached
7. Yeah she is flighty. She is very cautious when i or someone is in the coop. The other 3 birds are waiting to bust out she hangs back and cautiously exits past me but I can't move.
I hope that answers all the questions I figured it be easiest to put it all in one post
1. No I have not checked for lice or mites yet will do that today.
2. She stopped laying in the early summer.
3.she is eating and drinking normally
4. She has molted already
5. Never dewormed flock
6. Feed all organic feed, from grubby farm picture attached
7. Yeah she is flighty. She is very cautious when i or someone is in the coop. The other 3 birds are waiting to bust out she hangs back and cautiously exits past me but I can't move.
I hope that answers all the questions I figured it be easiest to put it all in one post
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Putting the answers in one post is great! Thank you
Her color is off for sure.
Since she's really flighty, grabbing her off the roost at night (or early morning) will likely be easiest. This way you don't have to chase her. If you need to, take a towel with you and loosely swaddle her to capture her wings while you examine her. Looking her over for lice/mites, etc.
Getting a fecal float is a good way to see if worms are part of an issue, but that's not always possible. So consider deworming.
There's so many things that can affect a chicken, sometimes it's hard to nail it down.
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Did you find any evidence of external parasite?
Her face looks a bit swollen.
For the dryness, you can apply a thin layer of vaseline.
She has a small injury to the back of her comb which is commonly seen from pecking.
Her face looks a bit swollen.
For the dryness, you can apply a thin layer of vaseline.
She has a small injury to the back of her comb which is commonly seen from pecking.
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