eggsistential123
Hatching
- Jul 15, 2025
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Three days ago, my 5 year old Black Marans chicken suddenly became really lethargic. She used to be really high energy and always run up to me when she sees me, but now she hangs back and moves very slowly. She stands or sits still with her eyes half closed, and has not been eating much. Her comb is droopy, and all of her poos are white and runny. She is barely touching her feed, but she will eat snack foods I give them (such as oats or watermelon). I am at a loss for what to do, and was hoping that someone would have some insight. Here are the things I have already checked:

- Impacted crop or sour crop: Her crop feels normal, and I could not smell anything weird. There was a small lump about half the size of a ping pong ball when I checked earlier in the evening, but I could kind of feel the individual grains of food when I pushed it around.
- Egg bound: I checked, but couldn't feel any hard lumps. I gave her a hot epsom salt bath two days ago and she did lay an egg yesterday, but her symptoms have not improved today.
- Mites: I couldn't see any visually, but I did put a few drops of liquid ivermectin on the back of her neck.
- Injuries: none that I could find.
