My chicken is sick

[Chyle8456]

Please help, I need help for my chicken.

My chicken is around 3-4 years old
Is polish
Is a hen
Has stopped laying eggs recently


So, my chicken bonbon is not eating , she just drinks water and doesn’t eat anything. I try to feed her but she doesn’t want to . She just sits down and sleeps in dark and quiet areas. She looks fine but has been slow and tired lately. A thing that I have noticed is that when she is sitting down, her pooping area is open and is throbbing ? I don’t know it’s just going up and down I don’t know to describe it. Please please please offer advice. I fear she might die because of this . I don’t know . Please comment anything to help my chicken .

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Please help, I need help for my chicken.

My chicken is around 3-4 years old
Is polish
Is a hen
Has stopped laying eggs recently


So, my chicken bonbon is not eating , she just drinks water and doesn’t eat anything. I try to feed her but she doesn’t want to . She just sits down and sleeps in dark and quiet areas. She looks fine but has been slow and tired lately. A thing that I have noticed is that when she is sitting down, her pooping area is open and is throbbing ? I don’t know it’s just going up and down I don’t know to describe it. Please please please offer advice. I fear she might die because of this . I don’t know . Please comment anything to help my chicken .

@Wyorp Rock
@BigBlueHen53

I’m so sorry!

Ok, just to look at one possibility, a calcium problem:
1. What do you feed her, and what % calcium does it list on the label?
2. Do you offer oyster shell separately, and if so, does she seem to be eating it?
3. Have you given her any oral calcium (tablet, etc.)? Don’t do this until someone with more experience answers.
4. When was her last egg, and when did she start looking slow and tired?

 

[Chyle8456]

Ahh ty for responding!

1 . Sadly for her feed we put it in a different container and I don’t remember what it looked like or had

2. I never heard about oyster shells for chickens , does it give them any benefits?

3 . No I haven’t, I dont know what to use for her

4. She laid her last egg like 1 or 2 weeks ago. She was fine during that time. All normal . Her symptoms of her becoming sick has started about 2-3 days ago

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Ahh ty for responding!

1 . Sadly for her feed we put it in a different container and I don’t remember what it looked like or had

2. I never heard about oyster shells for chickens , does it give them any benefits?

3 . No I haven’t, I dont know what to use for her

4. She laid her last egg like 1 or 2 weeks ago. She was fine during that time. All normal . Her symptoms of her becoming sick has started about 2-3 days ago

Ok, it sounds like she may need calcium, but I don’t want to recommend anything until another more experienced member weighs in.

 

[Chyle8456]

Ok, it sounds like she may need calcium, but I don’t want to recommend anything until another more experienced member weighs in.

Ok! It looks like she is wants to eat but she just rejects so . But she did eat a bit of grass. I will wait for another member to suggest calcium. Until then I will try to motivate her to eat more .

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I'm not certain that the @'s I added above went out, since I entered them on an edit.

Trying again, and adding more:
@Wyorp Rock
@BigBlueHen53
@Eggcessive
@coach723

Plus anyone else I've spaced on who is familiar with this sort of issue: please jump in!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

@Chyle8456, it's pretty late. I don't think it will hurt to give bonbon a human calcium tablet. You can find them at any grocery store or drug store in the vitamin section. A common dosage is 600 mg, although this varies.

Two ways to administer:
1 - pry open her mouth and pop it in her throat, off to the side, avoiding the trachea (breathing tube)
2 - (what I do) buy a one-serving packet of soft cat food (Sheba is one brand), crush up the calcium tablet in a paper towel, and mix the resulting powder into the cat food. You can also use ground beef, or maybe scrambled eggs - just anything that you can stir the powder in. This might be tricky if she's just not eating at all, although she might go for the scrambled eggs.

I hope this helps, and that we can get more voices on here.

 

[Chyle8456]

Ty! I’m certainly new with this site so this a great help

I'm not certain that the @'s I added above went out, since I entered them on an edit.

Trying again, and adding more:
@Wyorp Rock
@BigBlueHen53
@Eggcessive
@coach723

Plus anyone else I've spaced on who is familiar with this sort of issue: please jump in!

Ty! I am new to this site so this is a great help