The first time this showed up was a month ago, the second was one week ago, the third time was today. She did not lay an egg between #2 and #3, until today.
She is a Black Sex Link about 2 years old.
The day before each "incident" she seems normal in every way. Then when she appears sick here's what I see...
Feathers are all puffed out (it's chilly but other birds aren't bothered)
She's lethargic, walks around slowly, doesn't lay down much except today when all the girls were laying in the sun.
Her comb is quite warm. The other hens comb feels neither hot nor cold.
She sits in the nest box for about 3 hours (not her norm) and lays a shell-less egg.
Today after leaving the box she went into the run and deposited a good sized puddle of green and white slime that had a sulfur smell. It was on the dirt so I'm not sure if the color green was affected by the dirt. This was after leaving a good sized wet deposit in the nest box.
No interest in treats such as BOSS or scratch until after she lays the shell-less egg.
Within a few hours she is more normal, she eats and drinks. But it takes longer for her to regain any signs of her usual energy.
No injuries I can find.
Eyes and nose look fine.
No bumble foot.
I dosed her with 0.5ml of Eprinex last week, nothing else.
I feed normal layer pellets and provide shell free choice.
They spend time in their pen as well as a dirt area that's adjacent. Sometimes they roam the yard while I'm cleaning their coop and pen.
I use a nipple waterer and keep it very clean.
I scoop poop from their coop and pen every morning. I use sand in both areas.
Please help me figure out what it is and how to treat her. She's my favorite hen and best layer, too.
ETA: No blood seen in any poop.
She is a Black Sex Link about 2 years old.
The day before each "incident" she seems normal in every way. Then when she appears sick here's what I see...
Feathers are all puffed out (it's chilly but other birds aren't bothered)
She's lethargic, walks around slowly, doesn't lay down much except today when all the girls were laying in the sun.
Her comb is quite warm. The other hens comb feels neither hot nor cold.
She sits in the nest box for about 3 hours (not her norm) and lays a shell-less egg.
Today after leaving the box she went into the run and deposited a good sized puddle of green and white slime that had a sulfur smell. It was on the dirt so I'm not sure if the color green was affected by the dirt. This was after leaving a good sized wet deposit in the nest box.
No interest in treats such as BOSS or scratch until after she lays the shell-less egg.
Within a few hours she is more normal, she eats and drinks. But it takes longer for her to regain any signs of her usual energy.
No injuries I can find.
Eyes and nose look fine.
No bumble foot.
I dosed her with 0.5ml of Eprinex last week, nothing else.
I feed normal layer pellets and provide shell free choice.
They spend time in their pen as well as a dirt area that's adjacent. Sometimes they roam the yard while I'm cleaning their coop and pen.
I use a nipple waterer and keep it very clean.
I scoop poop from their coop and pen every morning. I use sand in both areas.
Please help me figure out what it is and how to treat her. She's my favorite hen and best layer, too.
ETA: No blood seen in any poop.
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