Help please!! Older hen with bad diarrhoea, very skinny!!

[Wyorp Rock]

Sometimes just being near other chickens and seeing them eat and move about is a very good motivator. I'm glad she ate more when she was near the others.

 

[micstrachan]

Sometimes just being near other chickens and seeing them eat and move about is a very good motivator. I'm glad she ate more when she was near the others.

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I’d keep allowing visits.

 

[briannajustine]

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I’d keep allowing visits.

I did a visit today, as she’s been quarantining for over two weeks now I let all the girls out together to free range while I supervised and she seemed so happy and scratched around with them! She’s even gotten strong enough to hold her own against our couple of bigger girls (most of our flock are bantams), and it looks like she will be number two in our flock which makes me happy as she was bullied so bad in her last one!
Since she’s been eating and free ranging more, her poop is starting to look better too which is exciting she’s still separated unless I’m supervising as they’re still sorting out the pecking order but I’m hoping it won’t be long before she’s strong enough to be out with the girls during the day!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

That poop looks good.

Time to give this Gal a name!

 

[briannajustine]

Still can’t think of a name that suits her our flock has a theme haha, all our girls end in an “ie” sound so like “Bonnie, lacy, Sally, Beaky, Rosie, etc” haha and still haven’t found anything yet that suits how strong she is but also fits that theme
If anyone is interested in an update, she is doing really well!
She joined our little flock full time on Thursday and seems to be thriving! She’s appointed herself number two in our little flock of (now) 11, which I’m so happy about as she was sooooo bullied to the point of death in her last little flock. Her poop is looking less runny, and she is eating much more now she is out with the girls. She happily puts herself to bed with the flock now too, and has her permanent place on the coop perch now. She is still slower and a little off balance compared to the rest of my flock, but she is keeping up with them well, and seems stronger and happier every day! She still absolutely loves being around me, and will run pretty quickly to be next to me whenever I go out to spend time with the girls (she had never been held until she came to me!). She prefers to be near me when I’m there, which is fair enough as we spend so much time together when I was bathing her for hooooours to try and get her cleaned up. She also can now keep up with the girls free ranging, and easily keeps up with them when I call them back to the coop and they all run back together. I think she has even put on a little weight which is exciting, even though she is still super skinny.
I don’t know how long she has left, but I am so happy that she seems to be really enjoying life. She’s not in any pain, and seems so happy with her new flock. She is eating and drinking, and seems to be living out her retirement in peace which makes me so happy! Some recent pics of my happy girl with her new flock, I wish I could post the videos cause then you’d see how happy she seems!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm so happy that she's doing well!

She looks good, I'm glad you brought her home and she's thriving.

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