HELP! My Chicken Is Sick!...

[Hen Heaven]

She was fine yesterday! I look at her today and she's moving slowly and not talking, becoming weak. She has some stuff coming from where she lays eggs. What is it? Can I help her? She's a very special chicken to me and I want her to live through this.

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[farmgirllvo]

Seprate her, clean water and food, Apple cider vinigar in her water, fresh air, clean her vent (where the stuff is coming from)

 

[Hen Heaven]

Okay. She looks a little better now. How do I clean it?

 

[mustang56]

Looks like a broken egg ... you need to put her in a warm sink or bath.....and gently rinse and try to remove goo and any shell...
it also looks like she's been picked on badly , on her back.... feathers are missing....
I'd also get some nutri drench or poly vi sol without iron ....to give her a boost
poor baby...

 

[CluckerCottage]

what happened to her tail?
What happened to her back?
Do you own a rooster?

 

[Hen Heaven]

I don't have a rooster. She has had feather probles since she was two years old (she's six now). We have a dominant hen, but I know she didn't do it. Hens pecked her tail feathers out.

 

[CluckerCottage]

You should spray her bare areas with Blu-Kote and give her some time to grow feathers back.
She's a beautiful hen and it's sad to see this happening due to other hens.
Best wishes to you and that poor girl.

 

[Hen Heaven]

Thanks! She's a lot better now. She is a happy hen and is never really sad.