lethargic bantam hen - not eating or drinking, watery stool

[cbrachy]

Is she panting at all?

no

 

[cbrachy]

Can you get some permethrin dust or spray from your feed store to treat her for mites? It good that her crop is empty, so not a crop disorder. Can you try mixing a lot of water into a small cup of feed, and add a spoonful of yogurt or egg, and try to get her eating? Canned cat food or tuna sometimes are accepted well, and you can add water to them as well. She really needs to be mite free and get some fluids into her. Poultry NutriDrench or Poultry Cell are very good to give, 1 ml per day, and have a bit of iron.

I just put her in a cat crate and left her alone with food and she is eating!! hooray, one thing is done

 

[Eggcessive]

This is permethrin garden dust, and you can get it at Tractor Supply, which you can order online and pickup at the door.

 

[cbrachy]

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This is permethrin garden dust, and you can get it at Tractor Supply, which you can order online and pickup at the door.

my state just went on lockdown. I don't think I'll be able to get anywhere for the time being

 

[Eggcessive]

Ours is too, but you can order online and drive to the feed store and pick it up. TSC closes at 6 pm now due to Covid19. Make that 10 am to 5 pm.
https://www.tscstores.com/About-COVID-19.aspx

 

[cbrachy]

Ours is too, but you can order online and drive to the feed store and pick it up. TSC closes at 6 pm now due to Covid19. Make that 10 am to 5 pm.
https://www.tscstores.com/About-COVID-19.aspx

would I still be able to shop normally?

 

[Eggcessive]

You can call your local store to check, but it appears in states with current lockdown which changes daily, that you will need to purchase feed, supplies, or medicines online first to be picked up at the door, at least at TSC. Here is a thread I just started:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...during-social-distancing-and-covid19.1354504/

 

[EggSighted4Life]

we just got them all about a month ago,

I would consider treating for coccidiosis since they are new additions to your place and not eating or drinking along with diarrhea were the initial reported symptoms... but crop was empty.

Since she started eating again... maybe she has fought it off and is already recovering.