Ok fellow Buckeyes I'm stumped and worried. I lost one of my older girls on the 8th. She came in and got nursed for almost 2 months before I found her gone one morning. Now one on my yearlings is showing similar symptoms. I've searched the forums with every wording I can come up with and no luck.
My current girl who seems to not be feeling well seemed fine on Monday (13th) then Tuesday she was sitting hunkered down. The universal chicken sign for I don't feel well. I picked her up and her crop was empty, (at 3:30 in the afternoon) and her butt was poo covered. Wednesday I gave her some nutrition-drench. Crop was still deflated feeling and again a dirty butt. It seemed to have intestinal lining in. Thursday and again empty crop late in the day but no dirty butt. She seemed a little perkier. She came right over with the rest of the flock but did separate herself quickly once everyone realized treats were gone. Today I checked her again. Still deflated crop. No dirty butt. I did give her some nutri-drench again.
I've seen her eat. So I don't understand why her crop is empty. She was obviously pooping. Now that most of her butt feathers are gone it's not getting stuck any more. Again today she was acting fairly normal. Maybe a little subdued. (She put one of the other girls in her place.) I'm not sure I'd she's laying or not. (My BCM are not daily layers so it's hard to say who layed what egg when.) I don't feel a stuck egg. I don't feel anything out of the ordinary in her belly.
When I spilled a bunch of the nutri-drench I decided to put it in the flock waterer as not to waist it. Everyone else seems fine. No nasty poop, no signs of worms or blood. I was hoping to add to my flock but I'm worried about what is going on. Does anyone have any ideas? Experienced something like this? I just want to figure out was is going on.
