SconnieChickens
Chirping
I have 11 chickens that are about 10 months old. Two of them are a hybrid/mutt called starlight green eggers. They were bought at the same time from the same place. We live in WI and it has gotten cold but not frigid. One of them is fine...no real drop in egg production, looks fine, very active etc. The other one not so much. A few weeks ago she began to lose nearly all her feathers. I’d go in the coop and it was just white feathers everywhere. The feathers are growing back nicely but she still looks kinda gangly and not as “full” as the other one, for lack of a better word. Her comb has shrunken and is pale. She is drinking and eating, and now that her feathers are growing back she will venture out into their pen, whereas before she would stay in their covered run. I am concerned about her droppings. They are very runny, wet and greenish. I have seen what looks like just a few drops of liquid coming from her vent area. The vent area itself looks fine, no discharge or anything like that. I have looked her over and see no signs of mites or lice. Some of the other birds have had this same type of molting...they lose a lot of feathers especially around their necks and then they grow back and they are fine. This one however seems to be taking a long time to recover. Should I be concerned about something else? Or can mounting just really zap a chicken for awhile? I have been increasing protein for the whole flock. I am concerned about maybe something digestive being wrong because of the weird poop. Any ideas? I thought of adding ACV and/or electrolytes to the water. TIA for any insight. I’m still learning!