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Well I made her some scrambled eggs & NOTHING! She hasn't ate any of it. I tried putting some in her beak & she just dropped it. She keeps looking down at it & attempted to peck at the plate but that's it. One try.
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Thank you! Today she had a hunter green gel like poop. Is this close to what you saw? I cleaned her earlier & noticed she had a lump in her crop but I don't recall seeing her eat since I had been home. I will keep an eye on that crop. I'm so thankful that you told me about the apple cider vinegar!!We had a chick who was acting about the same as you described, she just stood on one foot outside and did not participate in the other chicken games. We brought her inside to isolate her and she didn't eat or drink anything for a couple of days. She appeared to have lost some weight and seemed thin. I checked her for mites...none. Worms? Didn't see any in her poop.
She did eat a little scratch, and it remained in her crop the next morning. I suspected she might have eaten something strange and had some kind of GI block or something. She wasn't pooping either, and when she did it was bright green...not a good sign.
After a couple of days I was afraid she would become dehydrated, so we got a little syringe and gave her some water with Organic Apple cider vinegar: 1 tbs per 1 cup of water....maybe 2cc in the am and 2 cc in the pm. Massaged her crop a bit to help stimulate it. Fed her some hen feed with water to make it soft.
She seemed to respond well to that after 3-4 days, and she went back outside. She has been doing great ever since.
I have heard the vinegar acts as a natural antibiotic.....I still don't know what was wrong with her, but happy she is feeling better!
Good luck with your girl.
How is your girl doing today. I have been thinking about her and hopeing she is doing better.
Quote: Hi I was on the other thread but I just wanted to say that worming medications are very hard on hens. So if you can afford to do so, a poo sample to the vet would be great. If she is on the verge of dying from something other than worms, the worming medication might kill her. But the thing is, that worms can kill too. I have lost chickens to worms.