New chicken mama needs advice

[Kaykay9907]

Hi yall. I was wondering if someone could help. One of my chickens is limping. So the other night the wind blew their coop door shut. I noticed once it was dark and ran out there. I couldn't find one. I thought she was gone. I found her up in a tree, it seems like since then she's been limping. I'm like okay she hurt herself trying to get up there. Well I noticed her poop is super stinky. I brought her in, gave her a warm bath, kept her inside for the night, gave her some electrolytes because she wasn't eating or taking any treats. This morning I made her scrambled eggs, she ate some, seemed a little better. Took her back outside, since the sun is out, let her adventure(without the bullies). She seems ok. She walks some then wants to rest. Is this just injury? Or sickness? Her poo is like pea green, which isn't normal. Normally it's like normal color. It's fully formed not slimy or like runny. I looked up online and I know it can be like a million things. I'm lost on what to do. Please help me lol

 

[Stravager]

Do you have any pictures of her poop?

 

[Kaykay9907]

I don't.

 

[coach723]

If you can get pictures tomorrow, it might help. Green can sometimes be from not eating well (bile), or it can be colored that way from something she ate (perhaps found something tasty while outside), or sometimes infection but with infection there is usually a texture change as well (often runny or mucousy). Super stinky could be a cecal dropping, those happen about every 10 droppings or so and tend to be different color and texture than regular droppings, and smell much worse. So if it's only occasional, it may just be that. Color and texture can vary a lot depending on what they have eaten. The limp may very well be injury, sprains and strains are not uncommon and can take weeks or even months to resolve, it's hard to predict. If she is getting around ok and no one else is picking on her then I'd leave her with the flock and just keep an eye on her. If she's having trouble getting around or being kept from feeders and waterers or getting picked on, I would put her in a wire crate (so everyone can still see each other) so she can rest the injury and not have to compete for food and water. Until she's getting around better.

Here's a couple of links on droppings, might help:
https://happymorningfarm.com/chicke...:~:text=Cecal poop is generally softer,Hooray!

https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/

https://livestocking.com/chicken-poop-chart

 

[Kaykay9907]

If you can get pictures tomorrow, it might help. Green can sometimes be from not eating well (bile), or it can be colored that way from something she ate (perhaps found something tasty while outside), or sometimes infection but with infection there is usually a texture change as well (often runny or mucousy). Super stinky could be a cecal dropping, those happen about every 10 droppings or so and tend to be different color and texture than regular droppings, and smell much worse. So if it's only occasional, it may just be that. Color and texture can vary a lot depending on what they have eaten. The limp may very well be injury, sprains and strains are not uncommon and can take weeks or even months to resolve, it's hard to predict. If she is getting around ok and no one else is picking on her then I'd leave her with the flock and just keep an eye on her. If she's having trouble getting around or being kept from feeders and waterers or getting picked on, I would put her in a wire crate (so everyone can still see each other) so she can rest the injury and not have to compete for food and water. Until she's getting around better.

Here's a couple of links on droppings, might help:
https://happymorningfarm.com/chicken-health-101/chicken-poop-101/#:~:text=Cecal poop is generally softer,Hooray!

https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/

https://livestocking.com/chicken-poop-chart

Thank you! I actually have the bully in a wire crate with the others so she can get around and not be picked on. She seems to be ok outside. She ate some blueberries for me.
And the stinky poop I feel like is occasionally not everytime. She is well passed the age for laying and she hasent yet. Could see be egg bound? I kinda felt around her vent and I didn't feel like there was a egg but yet I'm not 100% what I'm suppose to be feeling. Can they still go poop with being egg bound?

 

[coach723]

If they are truly egg bound then generally they cannot pass droppings. They tend to get very, very ill and will die pretty fast if that isn't treated successfully. They will often stand tail down or in a penguin stance and be obviously straining, and looking miserable. It doesn't sound like she's doing that. How old is she? If she's a new layer and hasn't laid yet (the actual time they start laying can vary a lot - some may lay as early as 20 weeks, some breeds may be 6 months old or more before they do) then I would just watch for signs that she may be getting ready. Sometimes they will spend time in nest boxes "practicing", sometimes they just pop out an egg in the middle of the yard somewhere, some of them take a little while to figure out what is going on.

 

[Kaykay9907]

She's almost 30 wks. 29 on Monday. Okay. I didn't think she was but this is all new to me. I just want to make sure I'm giving them the right care. What are your suggestions with the bullies. Like I stated, I just put her in a crate this morning. It's too the point where her lil sidekick sis is following what she's doing. I read to crate for a few days to "reset" the pecking order. My poor girl( the limping one) cant walk in her breathing circle without getting pecked. There somewhat doing it to the other one I have but not as bad as my limping one. They hate her for some reason

 

[coach723]

If she is limping, and acting off, it could be just that. It is survival instinct with them to drive out sick or weak birds, as they could attract a predator.
Space can also be an issue. How many birds do you have in how much space? Breeds, ages and sexes. Pictures of your set up might be helpful. Even one dominant or aggressive bird can make a space too small (the measurements in literature are minimum recommendations, what really matters is how your birds are behaving). The more room they have, the easier it is for the lower pecking order birds to stay out of the way of the higher pecking order birds. Also having multiple feeders and waterers, and spreading them out so they can't all be guarded can help.

 

[Kaykay9907]

This is our coop. We only have 4 chickens. All the same age. We got them at tractor supply(ya I know, I heard the stories after we got them). Suppose to be 2 lorps and 2 golden sex links I believe.
We have 2 black ones and 2 golden.

This is queen bee. I think she's a mix breed.

 

[coach723]

The all black one may be an australorp, or could be a mix. The one with gold around the neck is a mix, likely a black sex link, and the two reds are red sex links (they come by many names, golden comets, ISA reds, cinnamon queens, etc). Nothing wrong with any of those, they are generally fairly easy birds, though I have had a few kinda testy reds. If they are getting out in the yard every day, there should be enough room. If they are inside the closed run, that's a little tight for 4 birds full time. And the inside coop depends on how the roosts are set up. Some birds like to snuggle, some demand space, not uncommon for spats and pecking when squabbling over roost space. I would do some observing to see exactly what is going on and when. If it's just a quick spat, peck and run, then it's likely just pecking order stuff, which should settle down as they mature. If it's more, then you may have a bully. For resetting pecking order it's usual to remove the bully, out of sight or hearing of the rest of the flock for a period of time. Then when they come back (theoretically) they are the newby and low in the order. Sometimes that works, sometimes not, just depends on the birds themselves.