Loss of feathers and lethargic

[Vhope77]

Looks like you can see her keel bone protruding. Looks like she’s got some type of skin infection too (the yellow along her breast bone.) I don’t see pin quills. To me she looks thin and her feathers are in poor condition. Suggests parasites. Perhaps even enemic. Can you monitor her food intake? What does her crop feel like.

The yellow on her breast bone is a scab she must have scraped it falling or being pushed off one of the roosts

 

[Vhope77]

Looks like you can see her keel bone protruding. Looks like she’s got some type of skin infection too (the yellow along her breast bone.) I don’t see pin quills. To me she looks thin and her feathers are in poor condition. Suggests parasites. Perhaps even enemic. Can you monitor her food intake? What does her crop feel like.

She is a lot thinner than the other hens but she always has been

 

[MissChick@dee]

There’s a few things you could do. Would you be able to bring her inside? Give her a warm soak get her cleaned up and check for parasites?
You could monitor how much she is actually eating. Have you checked her crop. If so what were your findings?

 

[Vhope77]

There’s a few things you could do. Would you be able to bring her inside? Give her a warm soak get her cleaned up and check for parasites?
You could monitor how much she is actually eating. Have you checked her crop. If so what were your findings?

I will check her crop in the am as it’s night here and I’m not able to bring her in but I did dust her with dusting powder to get rid of external parasites and layered my coop in pine and cedar shavings

 

[TexasSam]

She is a lot thinner than the other hens but she always has been

Have you checked for worms

 

[Vhope77]

Have you checked for worms

No I’ll look up how to

 

[Momma hen quack]

I would advise taking a sample of poop to your vet if you have one near you that will see chickens. I took my chicken's poop in and they were able to tell me all sorts of things such as she has ovarian cancer, egg yoke peritonitis, problems with her heart and lungs, and a parasite. I still have her and am just trying to keep her comfortable as long as she is eating and drinking. So, then I treated all the chickens for the parasite. It cost 80.00 dollars to run the toxicology report. Now, I am going to bring in another sample as some of the chickens poop looks okay and some still kind of brown and wet.

 

[Vhope77]

I would advise taking a sample of poop to your vet if you have one near you that will see chickens. I took my chicken's poop in and they were able to tell me all sorts of things such as she has ovarian cancer, egg yoke peritonitis, problems with her heart and lungs, and a parasite. I still have her and am just trying to keep her comfortable as long as she is eating and drinking. So, then I treated all the chickens for the parasite. It cost 80.00 dollars to run the toxicology report. Now, I am going to bring in another sample as some of the chickens poop looks okay and some still kind of brown and wet.

Unfortunately and some may scrutinize me for it but I don’t take my chickens to the vet it cost more money then they are worth I’ll try deworming the flock I haven’t noticed worms in the poop or any other symptoms other than they have had a bit runny poop lately but I thought that was from the large amount of human food they eat we get the food thrown out at the end of the day at a local food market here in town that we feed to them

 

[Wyorp Rock]

We have a rooster but he does not pick on the girls he’s very protective I don’t know the last time she laid as we have 35 chickens and get roughly 25 eggs a day I don’t watch them all day to know who’s laying they get fed layer and scratch as well as food scraps I have a specific area with ashes in it and dirt for them to dust in I don’t know what her poop looks like as there are 35 chickens pooping and I can check her crop in the morning and post pictures of her feet in the morning as far as I can tell her feet look fine i thought I saw a few feathers that looked like they were growing in new but thank you for the advice I will post pictures tmr morning of her feet

I didn't mean the rooster was being mean to her. The feathers look worn from mating is all. That happens, even if a rooster is gentle, over time, the feathers can get broken and worn. The ones that look stripped though are a little different. I would follow up with the dusting.

Underneath her, I do see her keel bone, she is probably a bit underweight. The scabbing can be from roosting, getting into/out of nesting boxes, etc.
You mention they get scraps from a local food market, does that include a source of protein or do you provide a poultry feed to supplement?

 

[Vhope77]

I didn't mean the rooster was being mean to her. The feathers look worn from mating is all. That happens, even if a rooster is gentle, over time, the feathers can get broken and worn. The ones that look stripped though are a little different. I would follow up with the dusting.

Underneath her, I do see her keel bone, she is probably a bit underweight. The scabbing can be from roosting, getting into/out of nesting boxes, etc.
You mention they get scraps from a local food market, does that include a source of protein or do you provide a poultry feed to supplement?

They also get layer and scratch they have feeders day and night full of layer and scratch also get scratch sprinkled outside for them to pick through