I need to know how to help my hen

[Cynful481]

I have a 1 year old RIR she eats and drinks normally but she stoped roosting in the rafters of the coop weeks ago. Like it may hurt her to get up there. She waddles when she walks her poop is mostly white very runny. It was getting stuck really bad in her feathers so I clipped her back side but I noticed her bottom is tight and seems to be low to the ground, sometimes when she eats she will let her legs ease onto the ground like she is tired. All other chickens bully her. Her comb is red. She eats but even though during the day my chickens free range she stays under the porch and does not graze with the others

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Is she laying eggs?
Have you had a fecal sample read for parasites?

 

[Cynful481]

She stoped laying eggs over a week ago. No. How do I do that? Where do you take it?

 

[Cynful481]

She went broody a little while back hatch and raised chicks til they were 6 weeks. She was rejected from the flock before she ever went broody but now the bullying is pretty bad. She did not lay any eggs while she was broody once the chicks were bigger She layed eggs for maybe a bout 1 1/2 weeks than stopped again

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Any vet should be able to read a fecal sample. Sometimes they won't unless they see the 'patient'.
There may be more places but you can probably send a sample here. Call and ask.


Thompson-Bishop-Sparks State Diagnostic Laboratory


890 Simms Road

Auburn, Alabama 36832-2026

Phone: 334-844-4987

 

[Cynful481]