I have a near three year old Golden Wyandotte hen who is not behaving herself lately. She seems like she doesn't have any energy and today she's all puffed up trying to stay warm, though it's 40 degrees out. I found her standing in a cold, snow melt runoff stream and picked her up and she weighs much less than her 7 sisters, all the same age. I attributed her lack of movement to it just now getting to winter temps here in upstate NY but that doesn't seem like it. Her eyes don't look so good. She's in our run by herself now and I've given her a handful of scratch that she ate most of and some torn up bread. Her bottom is quite messy which I'll clean with warm water when my wife returns.
Any suggestions? She doesn't seem to be laying, but I attributed that to the fact that the others recently molted and stopped mostly but are now back laying sporadically.
) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Golden Wyandotte, 3 years, weight unknown but lighter than usual.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Listless, no energy.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
A few days but has gotten worse.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
No.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
Unknown.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
Eating lightly and no certain about drinking.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Runny.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
None.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I'd like to take care of this ourselves.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use.
We use pine shavings with diatomaceous earth and ash sprinkled in.
Any suggestions? She doesn't seem to be laying, but I attributed that to the fact that the others recently molted and stopped mostly but are now back laying sporadically.
) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Golden Wyandotte, 3 years, weight unknown but lighter than usual.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Listless, no energy.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
A few days but has gotten worse.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
No.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
No.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
Unknown.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
Eating lightly and no certain about drinking.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Runny.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
None.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I'd like to take care of this ourselves.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use.
We use pine shavings with diatomaceous earth and ash sprinkled in.
