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In the Brooder
Hi all!
Super new to this Website and have found such useful information. Unfortunately my time has come and now I’m a worry wart. I need your help!
I noticed a week ago my 6 month old chicken hasn’t been acting her normal self. She stopped laying and she would usually lay religiously. She poops one or two tiny poops at night while everyone else poops quadruple the amount. She doesn’t eat like normal and she doesn’t dive into treats when I come by with
them. (Assuming not a lot of poops from not eating a lot) Now I noticed she’s losing quite a few feathers.
I thought she was egg bound at first but I checked and she wasn’t. I thought she maybe had mites/lice but she doesn’t. I thought she was having crop issues but it’s like she has the opposite of an impacted crop, it’s never full like it used to be. Could it be a parasite? They get to run around about 3/4 of an acre for most of the day so she’s not bored.
It is my first time having chickens so I am at a loss now. If I fry up and egg she will eat some of that but it’s definitely not enough.
3 weeks ago I have introduced a second batch of babies….they are now about 9 weeks old so is it possible she’s stressed from the new chicks? They are still in the look but don’t touch phase but she’s definitely more fixated on these new chickens than everyone else, she wants to peck them and chase them through the fence. I’ve put off combining the runs in hopes she gets back to normal but I haven’t seen improvement. I started to weigh her daily to see if she’s losing weight.
I am sorry about the long post but wanted to get all the information out there.
Any feed back, pointers, or best guesses what may be the issue would be greatly appreciated.
I attached a picture of Tweety, she looks healthy but I know she’s not acting herself!
Super new to this Website and have found such useful information. Unfortunately my time has come and now I’m a worry wart. I need your help!
I noticed a week ago my 6 month old chicken hasn’t been acting her normal self. She stopped laying and she would usually lay religiously. She poops one or two tiny poops at night while everyone else poops quadruple the amount. She doesn’t eat like normal and she doesn’t dive into treats when I come by with
them. (Assuming not a lot of poops from not eating a lot) Now I noticed she’s losing quite a few feathers.
I thought she was egg bound at first but I checked and she wasn’t. I thought she maybe had mites/lice but she doesn’t. I thought she was having crop issues but it’s like she has the opposite of an impacted crop, it’s never full like it used to be. Could it be a parasite? They get to run around about 3/4 of an acre for most of the day so she’s not bored.
It is my first time having chickens so I am at a loss now. If I fry up and egg she will eat some of that but it’s definitely not enough.
3 weeks ago I have introduced a second batch of babies….they are now about 9 weeks old so is it possible she’s stressed from the new chicks? They are still in the look but don’t touch phase but she’s definitely more fixated on these new chickens than everyone else, she wants to peck them and chase them through the fence. I’ve put off combining the runs in hopes she gets back to normal but I haven’t seen improvement. I started to weigh her daily to see if she’s losing weight.
I am sorry about the long post but wanted to get all the information out there.
Any feed back, pointers, or best guesses what may be the issue would be greatly appreciated.
I attached a picture of Tweety, she looks healthy but I know she’s not acting herself!
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