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I have a 24 week old Speckled Sussex pullet, whom I noticed a couple days ago getting really lethargic, and I couldnt find out what could have been causing her to act like that. Last night, I noticed her crop felt like a small squishy balloon. I looked up stuff on the internet and it said that it could be sour cropland I could help gently massage it to make her regurgitate the build up and yeasts. The only problem is that she doesnt smell sour. I did see if she still needed to regurgitate anything but nothing happened. I set her down to rest so she wouldnt get stressed out. Then suddenly, I noticed that she was straining to poop and made a wheezing type of noise, so I picked her up again and examined her butt. She had diarrhea type poop on her feathers that I had washed off, but when I lifted her tail her butt didn't move and pucker like my healthy chickens'. I cannot tell if it's the skin itself that have black spots on it or if it is poop reallly stuck to the outer rim/opening of her butt. Since this area is sensitive I didnt want to mess with it more than I had to. I tried looking inside as best as I could but either it doesnt stretch open or I wasn't doing it right. Like i said i didnt want to hurt her any further so I was just lifting her tail and gently pressed on the bottom area below her butt. What i could see looked a little red, but mostly like there was poop or something in it. I cannot really tell though.
She is very slightly smaller than her two same breed and aged sisters and her comb is small and pink compared to her sisters' slightly larger and red combs. She is the only one not laying of the three and the pointy bones are reallllly close together, like a finger or finger and a half apart. Which I am no expert but seems unusually close, but I could be wrong and it may be normal for her breed before they start laying.
I had something similar happen to a chick a few weeks to a month ago and she ended up dying. This is not exactly like her condition, but I thought as a preventive measure to give her the same care regimen I was given for my previous chick. Other than that I am new to illnesses involving chickens and need advice on what to do.
She is very slightly smaller than her two same breed and aged sisters and her comb is small and pink compared to her sisters' slightly larger and red combs. She is the only one not laying of the three and the pointy bones are reallllly close together, like a finger or finger and a half apart. Which I am no expert but seems unusually close, but I could be wrong and it may be normal for her breed before they start laying.
I had something similar happen to a chick a few weeks to a month ago and she ended up dying. This is not exactly like her condition, but I thought as a preventive measure to give her the same care regimen I was given for my previous chick. Other than that I am new to illnesses involving chickens and need advice on what to do.