Help! Very sick chicken.

[A_lynn13]

Hi, I'm new here.

I have a silkie hen less than a year old. Yesterday when I went in the coop to feed them she was on the ground and couldn't get up. Whenever I would touch her or pick her up she would lose her balance and spread her wings out and go head first down and put her but up in the air. This morning she seems to be doing worse. She want walk or keep her head up. She just want to stay spread out with her wings out laying on her side. She will try to get up and flap around and fall back down. I noticed she's shaking a bit and warm. I felt and think she may be egg bound? She has never layed yet. I think I could feel an egg inside her but I'm not 100% sure. So I soaked her in warm water a half hour and put her back in her box on a towel. She will just lay there and not move all sprawled out. I just checked on her and it's been an hour and she was a large amount of pure white solid poop coming out. But no egg. I'm not sure what's wrong with her HELP.

 

[Baby_the_duckling]

Hi, I'm new here.

I have a silkie hen less than a year old. Yesterday when I went in the coop to feed them she was on the ground and couldn't get up. Whenever I would touch her or pick her up she would lose her balance and spread her wings out and go head first down and put her but up in the air. This morning she seems to be doing worse. She want walk or keep her head up. She just want to stay spread out with her wings out laying on her side. She will try to get up and flap around and fall back down. I noticed she's shaking a bit and warm. I felt and think she may be egg bound? She has never layed yet. I think I could feel an egg inside her but I'm not 100% sure. So I soaked her in warm water a half hour and put her back in her box on a towel. She will just lay there and not move all sprawled out. I just checked on her and it's been an hour and she was a large amount of pure white solid poop coming out. But no egg. I'm not sure what's wrong with her HELP.

She might have egg bound but how old is she

 

[A_lynn13]

She might have egg bound but how old is she

I'm not exactly sure how old because I just got her 2 months ago and the lady said she was still young. She's smaller than my full grown silkie hen. She has never laid yet. That's all I know.

 

[Baby_the_duckling]

Try giving/providing her with lots of water and see if you feel any eggs

 

[Sylie]

except for the solid white poop, it almost sounds like mareks, can you post a picture of her, don't pose her, just take a picture of her

 

[A_lynn13]

except for the solid white poop, it almost sounds like mareks, can you post a picture of her, don't pose her, just take a picture of her

Right now she's just laying on her side and spreads out a little more. She will try to get up and flap a bit but her legs will spread out again and she will stay. She can't keep her head up either.

 

[Baby_the_duckling]

I don't think it's egg bound, she looks too young

 

[A_lynn13]

I don't think it's egg bound, she looks too young

Yeah she is really young still. The her butt keeps pulsing though too

 

[Baby_the_duckling]

Right now she's just laying on her side and spreads out a little more. She will try to get up and flap a bit but her legs will spread out again and she will stay. She can't keep her head up either.
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Do you have a vet around you?

 

[A_lynn13]

Do you have a vet around you?

None that aren't open till tomorrow. I live a few hours from the city. I guess I should try to see about getting her in in the morning if she makes it through the night. Thank you.