My chicken is sick!

[cya]

I have 4 hens and a rooster for 3 years. One of the hens is sick. She’s weak, can’t jumps to top of roost to sleep. I see her eat, drink, but her crop isn’t emptying. she’s really really thin now. I put her in a separate cage in my house. I took her to a vet, confirmed she didn’t have worms, gave her scrips for amoxicillin and cisipride with instructions not to give her solid food for couple days. I gave her water and probiotics and electrolytes with a syringe. She seemed to be better, so I put her back out with the chickens 3 days ago. She’s still sick, so I’ve got her in the house with me again. She’s so thin. Can anyone help me with advice?

 

[ella2025]

I have 4 hens and a rooster for 3 years. One of the hens is sick. She’s weak, can’t jumps to top of roost to sleep. I see her eat, drink, but her crop isn’t emptying. she’s really really thin now. I put her in a separate cage in my house. I took her to a vet, confirmed she didn’t have worms, gave her scrips for amoxicillin and cisipride with instructions not to give her solid food for couple days. I gave her water and probiotics and electrolytes with a syringe. She seemed to be better, so I put her back out with the chickens 3 days ago. She’s still sick, so I’ve got her in the house with me again. She’s so thin. Can anyone help me with advice?

This might be a dumb suggestion, but might she be broody? Broody chickens won't roost and wont eat much and will get very thin. Any photos of her? Any hunched position/ruffled or very rough looking feathers, pale comb? Have you checked her vent?

 

[ella2025]

Also, it's not generally recommended to put a chicken back into the flock if it's not completely healed from any illness. Some illnesses are fatally contagious and very risky if you contaminate the rest of the flock

 

[cya]

This might be a dumb suggestion, but might she be broody? Broody chickens won't roost and wont eat much and will get very thin. Any photos of her? Any hunched position/ruffled or very rough looking feathers, pale comb? Have you checked her vent?

None of the chickens have been laying for about 2 weeks now, don’t know why, so I don’t think she’s broody. Her comb has flopped down, feathers don’t have a sheen to them. Oh, and she has diarrhea! I’m at a loss of what to do.

 

[cya]

None of the chickens have been laying for about 2 weeks now, don’t know why, so I don’t think she’s broody. Her comb has flopped down, feathers don’t have a sheen to them. Oh, and she has diarrhea! I’m at a loss of what to do.

Vent seems to be clear of an egg.

 

[ella2025]

Photos please.