Delaware with pale comb

[Gypsi]

I mean really pale. I put some rooster booster in water and made sure she drank some yesterday. It is way hot here about 100 most days and she is a heavier bodied bird. Today I wormed her. I also took her picture. I think this has been getting paler for 3 days and I do think she is dehydrated. She may have a hidden nest, hasn't laid in the egg box in a couple of weeks, but I can't find the nest and the feathers on her bum look ok. Maybe found the nest, she is hanging out under a shed. May not be drinking enough. But except for pale and being missing from the coop a lot, no symptoms

 

[ChickNanny13]

I have not clue but usually when they get hot, their comb/wattles get redder as do when they're laying. How old is she?
Hopefully someone can help, understand your concern

 

[Gypsi]

She was a chick in Fall 2018, so almost 4? I really wonder if there are eggs under her, now that I know where she is hiding. I also think she is dehydrated and I may go try to get some water under the shed near her.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Is there any way to get under the shed? Maybe shine a light to check, if she's gone broody under there, it's possible. Good idea to put some water/feed close to her hiding spot ... Still waiting to see what others have to say.

 

[Gypsi]

looks like she is just sitting on cool sand, not damp, just cool in shade. I have put water near her, she was out to get a drink maybe, and saw me and retreated. (I did give her wormer this morning).... She has no missing bottom feathers and her feathers are clean

 

[Gypsi]

Yesterday she was hanging out by the water bowl and showed an interest in the grasshopper I caught for the hens. This morning she was dead. I've buried her. I suspect heart blockage or the heat, she was not missing any feathers, had been days since I wormed her, no foul bottom feathers, nothing. But the pale comb indicated poor circulation to me.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Sorry for your loss

 

[Gypsi]

Is it possibly normal that Delawares only live about 4 years? A friend of mine has her brother and he seems prematurely old too