NEED HELP!! My hen is acting unusual!

[chicken tender lady]

Hi all,
I just wanted to post an update today on Summer my hen. I keep monitoring her checking her for mites, lice, parasites everyday. I keep checking her abdomen, checking her comb, feet, legs, etc. She's eating and drinking water normally. However I decided to make her wet lay mash since she hasn't been feeling good. She does like it! Then I decided to isolate her in the runner a few hours a day. She seemed to be much happier when I did this.

Under careful observation and drawing my conclusions.These last couple days. It looks like she might be a victim of bullying from the rest of my flock.One hen in particular. So I'm thinking the pecking order might be changing in my flock? Also I know somebody had mentioned this before, but sometimes the hens reproductive system starts going haywire right before they go through molt. Turns out, this might be the case with my hand I have noticed for the last couple days. She han been losing a good amount of feathers. I will post pictures and videos to show her current condition.

I noticed when I was taking care of them a couple times in the last few days.That one of my younger hens that she's never really gotten along with, has been challenging her. She actually full on attacked her a couple of times! So I think my hen summer is scared. And is now scared of the rest of the flock. Because I have noticed a few other hens picking on her as well. She is still acting lethargic. She just wants to lie down most of the day. So I'm still trying to figure out what's going on with her. I was going to isolate her completely from the flock.Just because of the current issues, I'm dealing with.I know it's not recommended but I am considering it. Just right now, we're dealing with some weather right now.So I don't really want to isolate her when there's a chance of her getting wet.

I also know somebody mentioned about giving her human vitamins calcium citrate and D3. I did give her a few drops of liquid vitamins B complex and D3. Not sure if that was okay? I'm not comfortable giving her human vitamin pills. I was looking online to see if there was liquid vitamins for the water or feed? I did find some. But I did give her and the rest of my flock Poultry Cell. But so far no change! I'm starting to get worried? I don't want to lose her! I've lost two hens in the last two years due to age and health reasons! I know chickens eventually die! But if there's a chance of her getting well and surviving I want to try to do my best to help her! I will post a few videos I took of her a couple days ago to give you an idea of her current condition! Any advice would be helpful! TIA!

 

[chicken tender lady]

Also here's a few pics of her droppings! Sorry it's kind gross! Viewer discretion advised! Lol! But they look normal to me! I didn't see any worms or anything crawling! So that's good!

 

[DirdieBirdie]

Do u have an update

 

[FrizzledWyandotte7]

Hi,
I am posting on here to see if anyone can help me diagnose a possible health issue with my hen. I noticed about a week ago my hen "Summer" has been acting kinda lethargic? Not sure what's going on with her? I've also noticed.She sometimes is stumbling around. And she lays down at every opportunity she gets, she's not really walking around normally, like she, it normally does. Also, it seems like she tries to hide from the other hens. I have noticed some bullying going on. But she's usually very active! About a week ago I discovered a soft shell egg that was blue. I only have two hens that lay blue eggs. My other hens have been giving me viable eggs. So, through process of elimination, I suspect it's the one I suspect I have an issue with. I found a soft shell egg two days in a row. Then after that, she hasn't laid any eggs. It's kinda unusual for her since she's one of my most prolific layers. I'm not sure how old she is being that I got her and the rest of my flock from some friends of ours, they didn't seem to know how old she is?

But at this point, I'm not sure if it's age, sickness, molting, parasites or worms or egg bound? I did give my flock ACV/ garlic water with oregano. I'm gonna post a couple videos and a picture. Hopefully it'll let me do that. The last time I had some trouble when I tried posting videos, it wouldn't let me. Hopefully, somebody, can you give me some tips or help me to figure out what's going on with my hen! TIA!

BTW, I tried posting the two short videos that I have of her and it won't let me! So I only have this still pic of her.

My girl had something similar. Soft shelled eggs can happen when a chicken is going in or out of laying, or in a stressful time. During a chicken show, I even had one lay two in a day-one regular and one soft-shelled.
I would separate her from the flock, and put her in a temperature controlled area with access to food and water. The YouTube channel welcome to chickenlandia has a video that I used to help treat my girl. Follow the instructions in the video, and that can help.
When my girls had lice they didint act any differently, but I would still check. Pick the bird up and gently pull back her neck feathers, feathers on the back, and look at the skin around her vent.
Look at her crop-is it swollen or hard? Age can be a factor, but udally it doesn’t make such an impact. It can weaken their immune systems. Apple cider vinegar in her water worked for me.

 

[chicken tender lady]

Do u have an update

Hi DirdieBirdie, thank you for checking up on me and my hen and for your concern! I haven't updated for awhile! I have had a lot going on! I was planning on updating today or tomorrow. She doing okay. She's hanging on there! I believe she may just be molting and dealing with a leg/hip injury? Please see the most recent update here at this link below: NEED HELP! MY HEN IS ACTING UNUSUAL UPDATE!!