Lhicken is sick??! Please help! Emergency!!!

[LhickenChicken]

You’ll find mites at the base of the feathers and on the skin as well. Usually they feed at night. I would check Lhicken over and keep a close eye for reddened skin or wounds. Then at night time, go into your coop with a torch and check the rest of your birds. They are like chicken bed bugs, they feed at night. You can also run a napkin or a bit of white paper under the roosts early in the morning. The mites that have fed will smear blood and you’ll be able to see it.

Thank you. I checked her this evening, and nothing was there. I am ruling out lice, mites, coccidiosis, egg yolk peronitis, and any of the three crop disorders.
She is lethargic, pooping white urates now, and missing feathers, and won't eat. I just don't know. But (I hope she won't) iffffff please big ifffff she dies I am changing my username then and there. It's the thing about naming your account after a chook. They might die, and they might not. She is declining. I really hope she can pull through the night.

 

[Lillith37]

I’m sorry to hear she is declining. How old is she? Did you try putting one of her friends in with her to see if that helps her eat?

 

[LhickenChicken]

I’m sorry to hear she is declining. How old is she? Did you try putting one of her friends in with her to see if that helps her eat?

I tried and the friend didn't help, just complained that she didn't have her favorite nest box to lay her pristine white egg in. Lhicken is one year old.

 

[MarlaMac]

Have you tried to entice her to eat with something yummy? Mine go crazy for medium poached eggs and watermelon. Is she drinking at all? If not you can entice that too with some sugar water. If she will eat watermelon that will help with hydration. Tomatoes are good source of water too and chickens seem to love them - just don't give her any of the leaves or stems b/c they are toxic to chickens.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Have you tried to entice her to eat with something yummy? Mine go crazy for medium poached eggs and watermelon. Is she drinking at all? If not you can entice that too with some sugar water. If she will eat watermelon that will help with hydration. Tomatoes are good source of water too and chickens seem to love them - just don't give her any of the leaves or stems b/c they are toxic to chickens.

I'm actually trying to get her to eat. Her crop is full of water, she is not dehydrated.

 

[MarlaMac]

I'm actually trying to get her to eat. Her crop is full of water, she is not dehydrated.

That is why I asked if you have tried something enticing, like an cooked egg. Sorry, I did not process the crop 1/2 full of water in your original message. I hope she gets better.

 

[LhickenChicken]

That is why I asked if you have tried something enticing, like an cooked egg. Sorry, I did not process the crop 1/2 full of water in your original message. I hope she gets better.

She is eating chick-feed mash with electrolytes. But she is getting worse. I am real worried she won't make it, and she is only one year old

 

[LhickenChicken]

She can't even stand now. When I put her on her feet she just plops down. And it's a hot day, 29 degrees celsius. So she's there suffering in this heat and I can't do anything for her

 

[MarlaMac]

That is why I asked if you have tried something enticing, like an cooked egg. Sorry, I did not process the crop 1/2 full of water in your original message. I hope she gets better.

She can't even stand now. When I put her on her feet she just plops down. And it's a hot day, 29 degrees celsius. So she's there suffering in this heat and I can't do anything for her

Can you bring her inside where it is cooler? Give her an epsom salt bath as you hold her up? Will she take some raw egg yolk?

 

[Skyewatcher]

I'm so sorry!!