Lucky me...

[Chicken poppy]

Hmmm. I shall try that! Rainbow eggs here I come! Lol jk will definitely have to explain to my friends why their eggs are techno colored tho.

It won’t dye them significantly, think of it like lightly streaking a colored pencil over your egg. I doubt they would even notice its colored.

My favorite color to use is blue because its the most obvious. Red can be blood, green can be shrugged as grass (if in poop) orange isn’t very obvious, etc etc.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Once I do find the bird. He said he would give said bird a dewormer (can't remember the name) and maybe some other medicine if needed. Sorry he used a LOT of big words

Totally understand. I don’t understand a thing they’re saying

 

[Ashllen]

I know blood in the stool is bad but she is eating and drinking normally. Still molty and slightly droopy eyed tho.

 

[Ashllen]

Nvm. She is walking a bit like a drunken sailor. Takes a few steps then half crouches like she needs to steady herself. I'm looking up obstruction stuff now. Pretty sure I read an article about sour crock? Can't remember the name. But it led to talks of obstructions and they too had blood in the stool. that chicken didn't make it tho.

 

[Ashllen]

She Barfed a bit of water last night. But to be fair I was carrying her to my quarantine space/shower stall and my cat had just jumped onto the counter. Which put them nose to nose to each other. Is spitting up water a normal fear response for chickens? I feel like I only ever see mine do so when startled by something. Don't worry I have a jack and Jill bathroom set up so my toilet space and my bathing space are different rooms.

 

[Ashllen]

Also she is pooping normally. Her skin looks "wrinkly" though. She is still losing feathers and I think she is under weight. I've up their pellet feed since I was informed that one of her flock mate was under weight(1/5). They always have feed, I don't let it get empty (before I did let it get empty at night, had them forage in the day, and fed them again in the late afternoon.) But I think she too is under weight.

 

[Ashllen]

As another bit of info. I had to move.. quickly from my last residence. (Crazy roommate) my sister in law (total boss) and older brother (definitely stood up for me, the roommate was family). But that was the end of July, which caused my flock to go thru an early molt in August. Then they all went thru another around October-November ish. Everyone else are flaunting their new pretty feathers but erza is still losing feathers.

 

[Ashllen]

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

Is spitting up water a normal fear response for chickens?

Chickens can't actually vomit like we can. Any water you see coming out of their mouth is overflow from the crop. I'm guessing when you picked her up you compressed her crop causing the water to come back up out her mouth. Chickens can easily inhale and choke on this fluid (no gag reflex) so you need to be careful about picking up chickens with very full crops (mostly when they are sour) and if you see any chicken "throwing up" fluid you need to keep a close eye on her and check her crop functioning.

Is her crop empty and flat first thing in the morning before she's had a chance to eat or drink? If it's still squishy that's a sign it is sour and I would treat as described here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

She is still losing feathers and I think she is under weight

Extra protein in her diet can help with regrowing feathers. Either a layer feed with 20% protein or just a few extra treats of egg, tuna, etc.

Do you think she is just molting slowly or do you think she could have depluming mites? Depluming mites cause skin irritation and chickens will often pull out their own feathers leaving bald patches (but you can't see the mites as they burrow under the skin and into the feather shafts).