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Welcome to BYC. If you start your own new thread in the emergency forum, you will always get more looks and help. The two things that I can think of that your hen has are maybe Mareks disease, or what my hen is dying with now, internal layin/egg yolk peritonitis. They tend to waste away, have runnystools varying from runny yellow, to clear with black pieces and some white urates. Here are a couple of links that may help:Hi. I have sick a 2 yr old RIR. She recently went through a full molt and now has all her feathers back and beautiful as ever however her comb is much smaller than it use to be. I didn't notice it shrinking hot disappearing but it is only bout 1/4" high now, normal color and malleable. My other 6 hens and a rooster who are all seemingly fine. About a week ago I noticed she started staying by herself more and staying closer to the hen house and not free ranging as much as the others. Then about 4-5 days ago she starting standing still and closing her eyes and facing the sun. Cold? On Sat (3 days ago) she was laying on the ground kinda on her side with her left leg sticking out awkwardly. My husband and I isolated her and put her in our barn in a box with a heat light on her and food and water. She seemed to like the light and got a little better. She was still eating and drinking normally. Yesterday I moved her to a dog crate with open sides and kept the door open for her so she could move around more if she wanted to. She walked around all day and ate a little but drank A LOT. She now has very watery diarrhea that we did not notice until yesterday, it barely has any color to it at all. She eats layer crumbles and I gave her some scrambled eggs 2 days ago. She is worse today. She can barely stand and keeps falling to her left. She eats eggs if I hold her up and drinks some then too otherwise she kinda falls over. When I hold her she seems very frail and thin. I have never weighed her or wormed any of them before. I mixed Safeguard in her water this am and just bought Corid but haven't started that yet. Any other suggestions?
X2! Good post and links.. Treating these *very* sick hens is a lot of work and the prognosis is usually poor. Of course the best thing to do would be to find an experienced avian vet, but that is usually very expensive.Welcome to BYC. If you start your own new thread in the emergency forum, you will always get more looks and help. The two things that I can think of that your hen has are maybe Mareks disease, or what my hen is dying with now, internal layin/egg yolk peritonitis. They tend to waste away, have runnystools varying from runny yellow, to clear with black pieces and some white urates. Here are a couple of links that may help:
http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000791_Rep813.pdf
http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avian-atlas/search/disease/502
http://www.avianweb.com/eggyolkperitonitis.html
http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/egg-laying-issues/index.aspx
Corid won't hurt, but I don't think it will help. Right now what she needs is a warm place, at lease 80 degrees.I'm hoping casportpony reads this and replies...I have no idea other than vitamin deficiency. Not sure corid it right either. I always hear to look for bloody poop before starting that. I'm sorry and hope you can get some answers to help your little girl...