JnAP
Songster
Hi everyone,
I have my first sick lady. She's 10 mo. old, Buff Orpington. She's had a dirty butt for some time, but now she's actually got diarrhea, is extremely lethargic, and won't eat. I noticed her poop yesterday was clear and maybe a little foamy with just urates, but other than that, she seemed to be acting normal. We gave them some pumpkin yesterday and I think she ate a little, but I'm not 100% sure.
This morning there was snow and no one wanted to go out in the run, so they all were in the coop. I took them out some leftovers and moved their food and water into the coop this morning and everyone came to eat and drink but her. She was huddled, all puffed up in the corner by herself, head down. Same poop. I brought her inside and she's now in the house in a dog crate. I gave her electrolytes in her water and she's been drinking but still hasn't eaten all day. Not even treats. She's still huddled and puffed up. I'm attaching pix of her and the poop, although the poop is on a black towel, so you can't see the clear and it's a little more yellowish now.
The other strange thing is that a couple days ago, she laid an egg that had only a very thin outer layer and broke in the nesting box. I'm 99.9% sure it was her, because she was the last to lay and actually stayed in the box at bedtime and didn't roost for a couple hours, and then I found it the next morning.
No one else (6 other hens and a roo) is affected. Everyone else is acting normal, eating, drinking, pooping normal. Their run is enclosed, crushed gravel sand in the run and coop. No trauma, but it's been very cold. She does have a naked spot on her back, as she's the roo's fave lady, but nothing else physically that I can see.
I have my first sick lady. She's 10 mo. old, Buff Orpington. She's had a dirty butt for some time, but now she's actually got diarrhea, is extremely lethargic, and won't eat. I noticed her poop yesterday was clear and maybe a little foamy with just urates, but other than that, she seemed to be acting normal. We gave them some pumpkin yesterday and I think she ate a little, but I'm not 100% sure.
This morning there was snow and no one wanted to go out in the run, so they all were in the coop. I took them out some leftovers and moved their food and water into the coop this morning and everyone came to eat and drink but her. She was huddled, all puffed up in the corner by herself, head down. Same poop. I brought her inside and she's now in the house in a dog crate. I gave her electrolytes in her water and she's been drinking but still hasn't eaten all day. Not even treats. She's still huddled and puffed up. I'm attaching pix of her and the poop, although the poop is on a black towel, so you can't see the clear and it's a little more yellowish now.
The other strange thing is that a couple days ago, she laid an egg that had only a very thin outer layer and broke in the nesting box. I'm 99.9% sure it was her, because she was the last to lay and actually stayed in the box at bedtime and didn't roost for a couple hours, and then I found it the next morning.
No one else (6 other hens and a roo) is affected. Everyone else is acting normal, eating, drinking, pooping normal. Their run is enclosed, crushed gravel sand in the run and coop. No trauma, but it's been very cold. She does have a naked spot on her back, as she's the roo's fave lady, but nothing else physically that I can see.
