Help- Silky acting listless

melzie88

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My young silky has been acting really weird this morning. She is refusing to leave her run which is very unlike her. Normally she is the first out into the yard. I have seen her eating and drinking this morning. Overall she is acting very listless and refusing to leave the run. She is at the age where she could possibly lay an egg but it hasn't happened yet. Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?
 
My young silky has been acting really weird this morning. She is refusing to leave her run which is very unlike her. Normally she is the first out into the yard. I have seen her eating and drinking this morning. Overall she is acting very listless and refusing to leave the run. She is at the age where she could possibly lay an egg but it hasn't happened yet. Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?
Can you take a video of her? Upload to youtube and provide a link.

Is she pooping? What does that look like?
Listless - is she laying down, stumbling around - she refuses to come out - how is she doing that?
I'm just trying to get a handle on listless behavior, sometimes it's very hard to figure out what's going on.
 
She is currently standing up but doesn't want to move around a lot. It is almost like she wants to sleep standing up. She tucks her head into her wing. I gave her a bath and cleaned her up a bit. She was really dirty. She took two large poops outside and they looked like normal little turds. She just seems to want to stay in the chicken run and not go out to free range.
 
It is tricky to know whether she is sick with something like coccidiosis or worms, dehydrated, or something else. Do you have any Poultry NutriDrench or electrolytes with vitamins at home to give her a few drops? Offer some scrambled egg chooped up, and put a little water in a small cup of chicken feed for her. Watch to see if she will eat and drink.

She might be feeling puny as gets ready to lay. You can check to see if she has a stuck egg by inserting a finger inside her vent an inch or so. Check her crop as well, to feel if it is empty and flat, or full, hard, or puffy/boggy. Look over her skin under the vent and her belly for lice or mites.

Symptoms of coccidiosis are lethargy or sleepiness, standing around puffed up, poor appetite, runny poops with mucus or some blood, and weakness. Corid (amprollium) is something you can get at most feed stores to treat for coccidiosis. Dosage is 10 ml or 2 tsp of the liquid per gallon of water for 5-7 days. You can also give a couple of drops orally of the undiluted Corid twice a day.
 

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