Help!

[Kiki]

We have not yet. I stupidly was going to start week 8 like i did with our first round of chickens.

If they're eating anything besides a crumble type commercially made chicken feed then they need grit.

 

[Delp]

Oh boy.
This is not good.

Are you in the US?
I highly recommend buying new feed. Asap.

Thx. I will tomorrow and add grit to their feed. She finally pooped a little...
I so appreciate the info, knowledge. We love her so already!! We can’t lose her!!

 

[Kiki]

Thx. I will tomorrow and add grit to their feed. She finally pooped a little...
I so appreciate the info, knowledge. We love her so already!! We can’t lose her!!

Don't add grit to the food. Just offer it in a separate dish and only if you continue to feed her anything besides chick feed.

I would not feed her anything besides the chick feed if I were you.

 

[Delp]

That is a prolapsed vent (cloaca.) Isolate her from other chickens in a wire dog crate away from any flies. She can be soaked in a pan of warm Epsom salts, or soapy water. Keep it clean after she passes droppings. Always keep it moist until you are able to push the red prolapsed cloaca back inside. It may come out with pooping or laying an egg. Oh just saw that she is only 6 weeks old. She may have been constipated which could have caused this. Honey, hydrocortisone cream, vaseline, or a similar oil can be applied to the vent to keep it moist. Honey can reduce swelling.

I just wanted to thank you for advice and help. We soaked her and she passes a little bit not much. We put lots of comconitnoil and honey on her...we’ll see how she does. Thx again.

 

[Eggcessive]

She is very sweet looking, so I see why you are so fond of her. I hope that she gets better. Hopefully, she will drink plenty of fluids. The coconut oil, mineral oil, or a little olive oil can help to make her poops softer for a s long as she needs. Probiotics or a small spponful of plain yogurt may be helpful as well.

 

[LaFleche]

The latest poop pictures look much better already. Soak again for a few minutes, dry her with a towel and then use a blow dryer being careful not to burn her.

You can cut refrigerated coconut oil into little pieces and put them in her beak.