Pullet is laying 2 eggs in same sitting UPDATE page 4 Now Lethargic

[WingItRanch]

Photos of her and her poop?

I'd get Calcium Citrate+D3 into her now (asap), then once daily for a week.

I'd also get some electrolytes or sugar water into her (1tsp sugar to 1cup water). Get her hydrated, then offer her something to eat.

I don't know what's going on with her, could be something genetic or early reproductive issues...
All you can do is offer supportive care and she if she comes through this.

Here she is this morning. I decided to move her at first light to the tractor and put it right next to the run so she could see the other chickens and get some fresh air. I saw her poop but couldn't find it to take a pic. It looked like clear water when it came out.

She doesn't seem any different. I saw her drink a little water but not interested in mash or the banana I offered. She did seem interested in dried black soldier fly larva so I sprinkled that around but she barely picked at it. I tried to give her the calcium d3 but she kept spitting it out and I had to go to work.

 

[TOMTE]

Poor baby... She's such a pretty thing. I am suspicious that it has something to do with her egg laying... But maybe it's something treatable, like worms. Fingers crossed.

Are you able to tube feed her? If she refuses to eat you might have to go that route.

 

[WingItRanch]

Poor baby... She's such a pretty thing. I am suspicious that it has something to do with her egg laying... But maybe it's something treatable, like worms. Fingers crossed.

Are you able to tube feed her? If she refuses to eat you might have to go that route.

I've never done that but I'll give it a shot. I also think it has something to do with the egg issue. It would be too much of a coincidence to have her laying 2 eggs in the same sitting multiple times and then no eggs for 3 weeks for it not to be a reason she's now acting sick.

All my other chickens (same age) are very healthy. Definitely no mites or lice.

 

[WingItRanch]

Ok my partner is home and just let me know that she's finally eating the mash I left for her.

 

[WingItRanch]

@Wyorp Rock here's a pic of her poo. It seems a little more solid now that she's eating some mash.

She still seems slow and weak.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Here she is this morning. I decided to move her at first light to the tractor and put it right next to the run so she could see the other chickens and get some fresh air. I saw her poop but couldn't find it to take a pic. It looked like clear water when it came out.

She doesn't seem any different. I saw her drink a little water but not interested in mash or the banana I offered. She did seem interested in dried black soldier fly larva so I sprinkled that around but she barely picked at it. I tried to give her the calcium d3 but she kept spitting it out and I had to go to work.

Stance looks pretty good.

I'd get the calcium into her. Just pull down on the wattles, pop the tablet into the beak and let her swallow. Yep, some a pill shooters, just shove the tablet a bit further back into the beak if she's shooting it back out.

If she's not being picked on, then I'd put her with her flock so she can interact normally and isn't stressed by being separated out.

Feed her her normal feed, let her eat normally. Tube feeding shouldn't be done unless the bird is so lethargic she's unable to eat on her own.

 

[WingItRanch]

Stance looks pretty good.

I'd get the calcium into her. Just pull down on the wattles, pop the tablet into the beak and let her swallow. Yep, some a pill shooters, just shove the tablet a bit further back into the beak if she's shooting it back out.

If she's not being picked on, then I'd put her with her flock so she can interact normally and isn't stressed by being separated out.

Feed her her normal feed, let her eat normally. Tube feeding shouldn't be done unless the bird is so lethargic she's unable to eat on her own.

Ok great thanks. I actually placed her back on the roost bars this evening with the others. I separated her because they were all attacking her when she was lethargic. She's still acting off so I'll go out and observe how she is with the flock first thing in the morning. And reattempt the pill...

 

[WingItRanch]

I checked on her first thing and she was hiding against the fence, cowering. The others were picking on her and she wouldn't move.

I placed her back in the chicken tractor and she immediately went for the food and water. I noticed her crop feels kind of hard? Like a golf ball. I added grit to the tractor. Any other advice?... should I give her a little bit of coconut oil in case she's impacted?

Edited to add: she's moving much better today and seems to have some of her strength back.

 

[WingItRanch]

Disregard my last. I double checked her crop and it's fine. I think I'm just over worried. She does seem more energetic today but still off.

 

[TOMTE]

Disregard my last. I double checked her crop and it's fine. I think I'm just over worried. She does seem more energetic today but still off.

It's good to be extra vigilant with her right now, but try not to stress yourself too much.

Sometimes one of my girls has a really golf ball hard crop for awhile but it always softens back up. I think when that happens she probably just over-gorged herself a little bit. You might have just felt her crop right after she ate a bunch.

Has she still been having more solid poops?