Best way to fatten up a hen

[Chris09]

Have you wormed her? If so with what? Does she have any other problems like shaking of the head, yawning, or gasping for air?
If not then you could try cooked oatmeal with a little soybean meal in it or better yet is cooked oatmeal with a poultry protein powder and some brewers yeast and if you like you could add some cod liver oil

Chris

 

[gritsar]

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Yes, she's been wormed with ivermectin pour on. She ate a tiny bit of cracked corn (chops) this morning and about two teaspoons of scrambled egg mixed with boiled chicken this evening. She even refuses bread, something the rest of the flock will hurt you for.
She has absolutely no symptoms of any illness, except no appetite. She moves around with the rest of the flock during the day, she just doesn't eat.
Looks totally normally, until you pick her up and find she weighs next to nothing.
Oh Lilith! What am I gonna do with you!

 

[txchickie]

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I have a frizzle rooster JUST like this. He's just too busy to eat

He doesn't graze or scratch like the rest of them. It's just "him", I suppose.

 

[elmo]

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I wonder if the glass is still stuck in her gizzard, making it impossible for her to digest foods normally?

 

[gritsar]

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I wonder if the glass is still stuck in her gizzard, making it impossible for her to digest foods normally?

I thought of that, but sometimes she does put on weight. It's just awful easy for her to drop weight too.

I am very proud of her this morning. Before I let the chickens out this morning I threw down some scratch for them to enjoy.
Lilith ignored the scratch and followed me back to the house instead. I left the door open for her. She walked right in and stood in front of the washing machine, which is where I feed her.
She ate good.

 

[Wild Chicken]

 

[oberhaslikid]

Have you tried giving her a Nutra drench for poultry?It will help give her an appetite.
You could sprout some seeds for her.Alfalfa ,soybeans.

 

[Mahonri]

Tuna and cheese?

 

[gritsar]

I've never heard of Nutra drench, I'll have to look that one up.
Mahonri, she doesn't care for tuna. She loves cheese...in the form of macaroni and cheese. I bought some of those microwavable cups of mac and cheese to add to her steady diet of chicken and eggs.
I'm making sure her crop is full each evening when she goes to roost, but I know it'll take awhile to start seeing a difference in her weight.

 

[Country Heart]

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I wonder if the glass is still stuck in her gizzard, making it impossible for her to digest foods normally?

I thought of that, but sometimes she does put on weight. It's just awful easy for her to drop weight too.

I am very proud of her this morning. Before I let the chickens out this morning I threw down some scratch for them to enjoy.
Lilith ignored the scratch and followed me back to the house instead. I left the door open for her. She walked right in and stood in front of the washing machine, which is where I feed her.
She ate good.

Let's see...hang out with the rest of the girls and get her own breakfast, or follow human into the house and get hand fed tasty treats - sounds like she's a smart girl.

But seriously, good luck with her. Glad it sounds like she is eating again for you.