Help please

NewbieChickenChick21

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One of our new jersey giants is not well from the looks of it. She's about a year old, I don't think she's been laying, and she's lost weight. We had to worm our flock (safe-guard) a couple weeks back and she's been slowly getting off ever since I feel like. Today she's just laid down, slightly puffed and her eyes keep closing. I thought she had a partially impacted crop a few days ago and tried to work with that (separated from others with only water for a day, then scrambled eggs and a little oil on small pieces of bread and massaged her crop). We just lost another chicken about a week ago from nothing that we can tell and I'm worried that I have other girls not at their best. This is our 3rd year with chickens, the first year that we've had health issues with them so I'm learning as best I can. Any suggestions are appreciated. View attachment 3883629
 
One of our new jersey giants is not well from the looks of it. She's about a year old, I don't think she's been laying, and she's lost weight. We had to worm our flock (safe-guard) a couple weeks back and she's been slowly getting off ever since I feel like. Today she's just laid down, slightly puffed and her eyes keep closing. I thought she had a partially impacted crop a few days ago and tried to work with that (separated from others with only water for a day, then scrambled eggs and a little oil on small pieces of bread and massaged her crop). We just lost another chicken about a week ago from nothing that we can tell and I'm worried that I have other girls not at their best. This is our 3rd year with chickens, the first year that we've had health issues with them so I'm learning as best I can. Any suggestions are appreciated. View attachment 3883629
When was her last egg?
Any lice or mites?

I'd work on hydration, get some Calcium Citrate+D3 into her and check to make sure her crop is emptying. If it's not, then I'd address that symptom according to the link below.



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

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