1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Buff Orphington, she’s about two years old, she used to be the biggest hen in our flock but has lost weight and her feathers have lost luster.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She’s sitting in her nesting box not moving very much, has feathers missing from her back and sides, and has this injury on the top of her leg joint:
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
I don’t know - I just got back from college and mom said she’d been like that for probably a couple to a few weeks
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
One other buff Orphington has a similar injury on her leg, and several of them are missing feathers from their backs (that might be the rooster though)
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
What looks like a hole in her skin through which I can see the top of her bone.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
I don’t know
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
They have 16% crumble and scratch grains and get cornbread regularly. She eats when encouraged but doesn’t seek it out. Same with water.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Looks normal.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
None.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
There isn’t a vet that handles chickens anywhere near us, so hopefully we’ll be able to treat ourselves.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
They have a fenced in run with a coop containing perches and nesting boxes. Food is outside in the day and moved into the coop at night. Bedding on coop floor and in nesting boxes is straw.
Buff Orphington, she’s about two years old, she used to be the biggest hen in our flock but has lost weight and her feathers have lost luster.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
She’s sitting in her nesting box not moving very much, has feathers missing from her back and sides, and has this injury on the top of her leg joint:
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
I don’t know - I just got back from college and mom said she’d been like that for probably a couple to a few weeks
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
One other buff Orphington has a similar injury on her leg, and several of them are missing feathers from their backs (that might be the rooster though)
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
What looks like a hole in her skin through which I can see the top of her bone.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
I don’t know
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
They have 16% crumble and scratch grains and get cornbread regularly. She eats when encouraged but doesn’t seek it out. Same with water.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Looks normal.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
None.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
There isn’t a vet that handles chickens anywhere near us, so hopefully we’ll be able to treat ourselves.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
They have a fenced in run with a coop containing perches and nesting boxes. Food is outside in the day and moved into the coop at night. Bedding on coop floor and in nesting boxes is straw.
