FiveChickens
Hatching
I have a hen who is between 1-2 years of age. At the beginning of the summer she went through a molt, but has since grown most (if not all) of her feathers back nicely. She has very runny poop and now has a "messy bottom." I need to bathe her about twice a week, as I don't want her to get an infection. When I pick her up with both hands on her sides, the runny poop comes right out of her! When she does have a solid poop, it is very tiny. Seems as though she is blocked. She stopped laying for awhile, and I believe I was getting an egg from her very sporadically a few weeks ago, and one a few weeks before that. I know this because two of my other white hens lay almost daily. She eats, drinks, dust bathes and free ranges around the backyard normally. I have four chickens in total and the other three chickens are healthy. I always keep a very clean coop and run (I scoop poop from the coop and run daily, change nesting box bedding every 1-2 weeks, change the water every two days). I haven't noticed any worms in the poop, but is this what it sounds like?
Note: I dealt with mites about a month ago thanks to a very wet beginning of summer, but haven't seen any since.
Note: I dealt with mites about a month ago thanks to a very wet beginning of summer, but haven't seen any since.
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