Dropping weight, shaking, and not walking 🥺

[FluffyFeetFarm2]

Hey yall! I’m desperately trying to help my girl Daisy. She’s about a year and a half ISA brown. She’s started this about six months ago. She’d get lethargic, stop eating feed, walk slow and not laying at all. Her poop is like a white foam and green. I isolated her, fed her eggs, fruits and gave her some electrolytes and she came back perfectly fine! Running around, laying eggs, good as new. Well, she started doing the same thing a few weeks ago, so I just kept her hydrated, watched that she was on feed, and felt like she’d bounce back again. She didn’t. So I took her back and isolated her, gave her eggs, fruits, plenty of water but this time she’s just not looking better at all. Definitely worse. She ate some egg, but wouldn’t Finish it. She will drink water if I hold the waterer to her, and won’t take feed at all. She will peck at the grass when I take her to get fresh air, but not really eating it. She won’t stand up at all, she just topples forward and once up right, she sprawls out and her head will shake a little, almost like she’s having small seizures.
I’d really appreciate any help I can get for my baby, she means so much to me and to my little brother

 

[azygous]

I noticed your post earlier, but see now that it's going unanswered. I don't know if we can do anything to help, and it appears you've already been giving her excellent supportive care.

You must understand that these high output commercial breeds are very prone to having reproductive issues from an early age, and consequently do not usually live past three or four years.

I would guess that your hen could be laying internally. This is where the eggs start down the oviduct, building an egg, but then reverse course and bounce up and out of the top of the oviduct into the abdominal cavity where the eggs accumulate and harden from her body heat. Eventually, the "hardboiled" eggs become so numerous in the abdomen that she sickens and dies.

We can't be sure this is your hen's problem, but it's a real possibility. Another possibility is a chronic reproductive infection which is also common in commercial layers. The internal laying isn't treatable unless you pay a vet to surgically remove her accumulated eggs and then install an implant to prevent further ovulation. But you can try an antibiotic in case it's an infection. Finding an effective antibiotic to treat the chicken won't be easy if you're in the US, and even other countries make it hard to obtain them. Going through a vet is the easiest way. Or you can use a human prescription if you or any family or friends have any lying around.