Egg Bound? Bullied and stressed?

[Guadaupe]

Hi everyone here in this beautiful community. I'm having issues with my girl Pipa.
Around 45 days ago she had to go through surgery (She had a broken/rotten egg in her ovary). She has been recovering very well from the surgery and has been living inside the house with me so I got to know her and her routines very well.

Now that she is fine and her stitches are finally gone i started trying to integrate her with the flock again and it has been very rough for her. She gets ran after, and she gets very scared so whenever any of the other girls gets close she runs away. I have been doing 3/4 hours 'meetings' and then bring her back inside so she doesn't get very stressed.

Everything was fine until yesterday, when i saw her in a strange position: butt up but tail down, and her wings kinda flat (im posting a picture). I also noticed that her poop has been very watery with some white-ish/yellowish parts, no solids and just got 1 diarrhea poop. VERY liquidy. I haven't seen her eating yesterday since i brought her in, and she is not being herself (she loves pecking at the mirrors and following me around the house, and she even sleeps with me): she has not been doing any of that. This morning when I opened the door she was not even interested in going outside. When she walks, tho, she seems normal. Tail up and everything; her comb is up and red, her eyes are attentive. Another thing is that she has been doing the 'squat' to me, so i thought she might start laying eggs back -she hasn't since surgery-, but now this is happening.

But now idk what to do I was so happy that she was finally getting back on track I haven't brought her to her sisters today and i am respecting her spaces but i am worried that something might be up with her. I touched her vent area and couldn't feel anything from the outside.

Opinions? The picture is from last night.

 

[thecatumbrella]

These are just my observations, and I'm certainly not an expert, so hopefully someone else can chime in if I'm way off base.

I've seen my birds stand like this. The droopy tail is often a sign of relaxation or sleepiness. Did you notice it close to bedtime or after dark? The loose stools could be from stress. I'm not sure if chickens can get full-on diarrhea, but I've seen it happen when the flock's in a high anxiety state, or with a broody that's blocked from her nest. I'm sure it's been hard on her trying to get reintegrated.

Do you have a chicken pen? Or does everyone free range? She needs to be placed in a safe enclosure that's right in the middle of the action. Oversized dog crates/playpens can work if the others are not grabbing her through the bars. You can reinforce with hardware cloth if that's an issue. This allows her to be with the flock in a protected way. Start with a week, and then test letting her out. Other chickens will react, but as long as they're not pursuing her, let them work it out. Provide extra feed and water stations, and some clutter for her to escape behind/on top of. If it's going horribly, put her back in the enclosure and try again the next day. Integration can take some time. Things will probably not go back to the way they used to be, but you should be able to get them coexisting with time.

Edit: Want to clarify that she does not look egg bound. Then tend to ruffle up and go into a penguin stance, and are clearly unwell. Yours looks very bright-eyed and healthy.

 

[Guadaupe]

These are just my observations, and I'm certainly not an expert, so hopefully someone else can chime in if I'm way off base.

I've seen my birds stand like this. The droopy tail is often a sign of relaxation or sleepiness. Did you notice it close to bedtime or after dark? The loose stools could be from stress. I'm not sure if chickens can get full-on diarrhea, but I've seen it happen when the flock's in a high anxiety state, or with a broody that's blocked from her nest. I'm sure it's been hard on her trying to get reintegrated.

Do you have a chicken pen? Or does everyone free range? She needs to be placed in a safe enclosure that's right in the middle of the action. Oversized dog crates/playpens can work if the others are not grabbing her through the bars. You can reinforce with hardware cloth if that's an issue. This allows her to be with the flock in a protected way. Start with a week, and then test letting her out. Other chickens will react, but as long as they're not pursuing her, let them work it out. Provide extra feed and water stations, and some clutter for her to escape behind/on top of. If it's going horribly, put her back in the enclosure and try again the next day. Integration can take some time. Things will probably not go back to the way they used to be, but you should be able to get them coexisting with time.

Edit: Want to clarify that she does not look egg bound. Then tend to ruffle up and go into a penguin stance, and are clearly unwell. Yours looks very bright-eyed and healthy.

Awesome answer (I am very new with raising chickens these are my first and I have already been through surgery, integrating two flocks and now this, lol I'm starting to feel that raising chickens is harder than i thought -at least for sensitive people like me haha-)

Your insight is awesome, yesterday has been the most stressful day for her because i let her there with the other girls (i was supervising but from the outside) and she was not having a great time. I do have a pen that i actually built for her re-integration, i thought it wouldn't be necessary in the big run (33ft by 20ft, there are six girls in total), but i can try to use it. I'm still not doing this today as i want to keep a close eye on her and see how she acts and if she eats and drinks during the day but tysm <3 Ill keep you posted

 

[thecatumbrella]

I'm starting to feel that raising chickens is harder than i thought -at least for sensitive people like me haha-

Oh gosh, same. Same. It's probably a bit easier if you have a large flock and are more detached, but I'm in the same boat as you. Nice run size, by the way! I'd love to have the space for something like that.

 

[Guadaupe]

Update: She laid a very elongated egg. Her first since surgery. That was like 4 hs ago, but she is still not eating, pooping weird, not drinking much and down-tailed