Chicken won't eat or leave nesting box

[Wyorp Rock]

Does she normally lay eggs with hard shells and often? How does her vent look? She probably doesn’t have vent gleet (a fungal infection that causes bare red skin around the vent, and a foul smelling odor, which may cause a continuous leakage of white urates that burn the skin.) Her runny yellow to green droppings might be related to a reproductive infection or disorder. Green poop is usually a result of not eating enough. Is her lower belly below her vent enlarged? Sometimes with water belly they will leak fluids. How does her crop feel—empty and flat, full, squishy or firm? I would offer her some fluids and electrolytes or a bit of Poultry NutriDrench. Mushy wet chicken feed made fresh often and scrambled egg offered up to her beak would be good to tempt eating. Sick hens will frequently take to a nest box. I would keep a close eye on her, and offer fluids every 2 hours.

I'd re-check the crop first thing in the morning before she eats/drinks to make sure it's emptying.

If she's not laid an egg, I'd also give her 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 for 3-5days, see if she expels any lash material, egg matter.

Check again for lice/mites and consider getting a fecal float on a sample of her poop to see if worms may be part of the problem.

Hopefully she'll improve with hydration and eating, but I do agree, she may have something reproductive going on.

 

[H Fletcher]

I'd re-check the crop first thing in the morning before she eats/drinks to make sure it's emptying.

If she's not laid an egg, I'd also give her 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 for 3-5days, see if she expels any lash material, egg matter.

Check again for lice/mites and consider getting a fecal float on a sample of her poop to see if worms may be part of the problem.

Hopefully she'll improve with hydration and eating, but I do agree, she may have something reproductive going on.

Last night she ate quite a bit before bed, this morning her crop is near empty. I've got her in a separate pen with scrambled eggs, although she isn't eager to eat right now, still drinking a bit. She hasn't laid an egg in all this time. I don't have a lot of access to a fecal float or the calcium right now, but I'll see what I can do.

 

[C Siena]

Last night she ate quite a bit before bed, this morning her crop is near empty. I've got her in a separate pen with scrambled eggs, although she isn't eager to eat right now, still drinking a bit. She hasn't laid an egg in all this time. I don't have a lot of access to a fecal float or the calcium right now, but I'll see what I can do.

If you have Tums, you can use that to get the calcium in her right away.

 

[Eggcessive]

Her lower belly sure looks red and irritated possibly from watery fluids coming out of her. If she sits in any wet bedding, it may break down or burn her skin. If you can get to your feed store, they sell SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer, and if you shake it well you can give her 1.25 ml or 1/4 of a teaspoonful once a day for 5 days to treat most chicken worms. Here is a good buy on calcium, and you can give /2 to 1 tablet:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...MIg_WaiJLHjgMV1TYIBR0BbxZHEAQYASABEgLwRvD_BwE

 

[H Fletcher]

Milky Way is looking and acting much better now. Haven't confirmed she's laid an egg, but otherwise she's her usual self. Thanks for the help, I'll keep updates if anything changes