HELP! Lethargic chicken, feathers missing, not eating

[Wyorp Rock]

Walmart brand is fine. 1 tablet daily, pull down on the wattle, pop the tablet in and let her swallow.

 

[ldirk7]

Walmart brand is fine. 1 tablet daily, pull down on the wattle, pop the tablet in and let her swallow.
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Thank you, I will start this today and add her back to the flock.

 

[ldirk7]

I wanted to provide an update on Ginny:
She made it through the night, and still made it up into the coop to roost. I gave her the calcium citrate this morning which would be her second dose. She is very droopy and lethargic, but still walking occasionally in the run. I haven't witnessed her eat at all.

Is there anything else I can do for her?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'd see if she will drink and encourage her to eat a little.

Hard to know what's going on with her, she may be having reproductive issues. Do you have a vet that can run a fecal float to rule out worms?

 

[ldirk7]

I'd see if she will drink and encourage her to eat a little.

Hard to know what's going on with her, she may be having reproductive issues. Do you have a vet that can run a fecal float to rule out worms?

I will check with some vets when they open. She is drinking water, I will go out and see if I can get her to eat. Does it matter what I offer her? I was going to try feed with water, and perhaps some blueberries which are the flock's favorite.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I will check with some vets when they open. She is drinking water, I will go out and see if I can get her to eat. Does it matter what I offer her? I was going to try feed with water, and perhaps some blueberries which are the flock's favorite.

I don't think it makes a difference. Normal feed is always good, but a lot of times when not well, they just go off their feed. A few blueberries, a little scrambled egg...whatever may interest her.

 

[K3nnedy]

I'd get some Calcium into her. 1 Calcium Citrate tablet daily. She's not laid eggs in a couple of days, so may be struggling with a soft shelled egg.

Drinking a lot and crop that is squishy, could be an indication that her crop is not emptying. Confirm that by checking her crop first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat/drink. If it's not emptying, then begin treatment (link below).

If she's not getting picked on, can move about, eat/drink on her own, then I'd put her back with her flock and just let her hang out. Check her on her throughout the day.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Have you checked for impacted crop?

 

[Egg Blues]

I wanted to provide an update on Ginny:
She made it through the night, and still made it up into the coop to roost. I gave her the calcium citrate this morning which would be her second dose. She is very droopy and lethargic, but still walking occasionally in the run. I haven't witnessed her eat at all.

Is there anything else I can do for her?

I feel virtually like a broken record and/or a monomaniac for this, but seriously, droopiness was the very first symptom I noticed in my three birds that all died of (unconfirmed) Marek's disease. I knew nothing at the time of Marek's--I was totally ignorant of it. I even named the pullet "Sleepy" because she would take what appeared to be mini catnaps, sleeping for several seconds--up to 10 or 15 or so--at a time, at least once per five minutes throughout the day (still on her feet). She would droop her head while doing so, and, when roosting, would hang her head downward (this symptom took a little longer to develop, as I recall). The other pullet, not "Sleepy," was the one that showed the eye problems. Each of my "Marek's" birds seemed to exhibit a different set of symptoms, but not wanting to eat--to varying degress--was a common thread, eventually, for all three of them. It was painful to see their retarded development and eventual wasting away due to lack of caloric input. Not knowing about Marek's meant I was slow to catch on.

You may not be dealing with Marek's, but it would be wise not to be ignorant of it.

 

[ldirk7]

I don't think it makes a difference. Normal feed is always good, but a lot of times when not well, they just go off their feed. A few blueberries, a little scrambled egg...whatever may interest her.

Ok I offered her some wetted feed, and she ate some! I had her outside the run so the other hens didn’t bug us and she also nibbled on some grass!

She pooped on a paver so I got a really clear photo. Is the white worms? I didn’t think so but I’m new at this.

 

[ldirk7]

Have you checked for impacted crop?

I have been checking her crop, at first I thought it might be sour crop because it was so squishy. But the crop is emptying at night.