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She is probably about 10+ months now. I got her as a pullet and they didn’t know her exact age. Started laying with the other around late august/early September.How old is she? What illness did she have prior to laying that might be affecting her laying?
If she is having trouble laying eggs on occasion that could be a reason for the on again/off again symptoms. If she has soft shelled, no shelled or large eggs, those can be difficult to pass and make them feel terrible. Once she passed it she would feel better. Could be a reproductive issue.
I’m not quite sure what she had before, but when she was introduced to my flock along with another pullet she got ill. It was respiratory she was wheezy/gurgling and a mix of a bunch of treatments did the trick. She recovered with Tylan and a worming of safeguard and copper sulphate in her drinking water that time. I also used a humidifier and ozone. The copper sulphate is what finally kicked her over the end to recovery I think? A few years ago I had a chicken come in to the flock who gave the entire flock some kind of underlying respiratory disease and when I’ve introduced new flock members over the years some of them have become ill and then recovered. Others have shown no symptoms. The other pullet I just brought in this summer same time has never been ill or had any problems. Not sure if it’s related. She has no respiratory symptoms this time around. She was really ill for a couple weeks and I wasn’t sure if she was going to make it. Tube fed her, tylan, safeguard. She turned up and then went back down. Added copper sulphate in her water, humidifier with oxine and she finally pulled through. I’m not sure which of those treatments did it of it was the combo or exactly what was wrong. Again her symptoms were mostly lethargy and lack of appetite. Just thinking she may have a general “failure to thrive”. I will watch for the egg laying, though last time she was ill she stopped laying. If it is a reproductive issue and she is randomly having issues passing an egg (also last time this happened I checked if she was egg bound and she wasn’t)...what do you think it may be and any recommendations for treatment or how to minimize her pain in the future? Thank you!
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