hello

[8chickenlittle]

Need help or idea what to do-- i have a hen that looks droopy her wings are down waddles spread out legs sad lookin quarintined her. Feed her yogurt and oatmeal no change no eggs no talkin nothing -inside tried olive oil and bottom soaks

 

[snowflake]

how old is she? has she been laying before this? could she have gotten into any mold, have you checked for egg bound
could be a lot of things, Mareks, If Mareks they can get droopy stop eating lose a lot of weight, it is really hard to tell

what does she eat, are there any other hens showing symptoms?

 

[8chickenlittle]

I dont know how old she is i thought maybe constipated?(use to lay friend gave me her ill have to ask she will eat just droppywings tail

 

[8chickenlittle]

Well my hen is still hanging in there eating and drinking water.problem is she feels on her underside full and like watery inside like a water balloon. Weird--- Gonna try soakin her in a warm soapy bucket of water. See if i can feel anything like an egg. Walks funny and down with the wings and tail

 

[8chickenlittle]

.Also have another hen who is still sitting on her eggs not movin so we will see. Not good when you are trying to make a dozen eggs to sell and she has hourding 5. Guess ill let her be a mama lol

 

[8chickenlittle]

Well today my
broody hen decided to get off eggs and ggot a friend to sit awhile it is almost 2 weeks

 

[8chickenlittle]

Let my chickens out of house and one of them cannot walk straight keeps falling down walks a little falls down what's up??? Any ides anyone?

 

[gander007]

I have had problems like this and some you save others &^$#*@$%

but this is part of it but some times it takes some time but this is what
I do first to clean them out with out cleaning me out, I have on hand
Probiotic 3 pack just like buying yeast and one pace in a one gallon
mix let them drink this is to maintain digestive health and chickens are
susceptible creatures to every thing this is why I do not allow other
people around them as they can bring in many disappointments for
me ...... So add this to the water and wait a couple of days next give
some high protein feed around 20% at least

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Any time the cone or waddles droop I go protein, and try a scrambled
egg mashed up good yogurt works good also ......
The health of a chicken really depends on feed a lot so cracked corn
rice veggies oatmeal oyster shell well ground a good 3 or 4 way mix
feed and laying mash as we mix our food for better health so why
not theirs .........

gander007

 

[gander007]

Please tell us how you are feeding the lady's ..........

gander007

 

[8chickenlittle]

Went to check coop- found one eye closed and all feather on its head gone you can see skull . So i took her out and gave her a bath but her in a cage -heater bulb water and yogut and pellets-put double antibotic cream on head