Dotschickmom
Hatching
- Oct 11, 2023
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Hi! My 2yr old chicken has been acting off for a couple days. She’s the lowest in the pecking order so she gets picked on a good bit but I noticed she was hanging out in the coop a lot more and being bullied really bad. She was also not roosting with the rest but either sleeping on the floor or in the nesting box. I would put her up to roost at night. one night I did that and 11am the next day she hadn’t gotten down. Then I let the girls out in the yard and blanches wings were very droopy.
Since being separated I notice her crop empties fine but she only poops 2-3 times a day and not over night but fist thing in the morning when I make her stand up. They are huge extremely smelly poops. Her appetite is fine but I have to put the food in front of her for her to eat it and she does so lying down. I don’t see her drinking as much. When she does get up she’s stretches her wings out but then they end up back on the ground and she steps on them. I noticed her breathing through her beak but I think it might be b/c she’s stressed. she’s always been a scared nervous chicken. She’s also molting so I’m wondering if she’s just having a really hard time during it or if this is something more serious.
Things I’ve done so far
-Gave Epsom salt bath
-Given a hard boiled egg one day
-Electrolytes- but they gave her diarrhea
-A bit of nutri drench
-Wet her food and mash it up with a little cinnamon and oregano, ginger, garlic, and probiotics
-cooper sulfate in water (it’s the 3rd day with this)
I’m probably doing to much but the avian vet near me isn’t seeing chickens b/c of the avian flu so I’m not sure what to do.
Since being separated I notice her crop empties fine but she only poops 2-3 times a day and not over night but fist thing in the morning when I make her stand up. They are huge extremely smelly poops. Her appetite is fine but I have to put the food in front of her for her to eat it and she does so lying down. I don’t see her drinking as much. When she does get up she’s stretches her wings out but then they end up back on the ground and she steps on them. I noticed her breathing through her beak but I think it might be b/c she’s stressed. she’s always been a scared nervous chicken. She’s also molting so I’m wondering if she’s just having a really hard time during it or if this is something more serious.
Things I’ve done so far
-Gave Epsom salt bath
-Given a hard boiled egg one day
-Electrolytes- but they gave her diarrhea
-A bit of nutri drench
-Wet her food and mash it up with a little cinnamon and oregano, ginger, garlic, and probiotics
-cooper sulfate in water (it’s the 3rd day with this)
I’m probably doing to much but the avian vet near me isn’t seeing chickens b/c of the avian flu so I’m not sure what to do.