Hi, everyone! I’d love any advice on a sick hen in my flock!
She started being lethargic yesterday and her poop was a deep green with some white. She roosted for a while in the chicken run, and when the other girls started picking on her, I separated her into a large dog crate outside the run. In the crate, I gave her some oatmeal and corn and crushed up grapes, and she did great eating the corn and some of the oats, as well as a few of the seed treats I mixed in with a plate of regular chicken food for her.
She sat on the crate bottom/ground rather than the roost bar I added for her, and she looked so tired (poor thing!
). She kept falling asleep but waking herself up when her head would droop. In the evening I tried putting her back in the coop a bit early so she could put herself to bed, and instead she came back out, super wobbly then, and the other girls pecked at her some more. 
I ended up holding her for a while until the other girls went to bed, and she slept the whole time—she was so tired—then I set her in the coop for bed.
Her crop felt pretty normal when I put her to bed, and she hasn’t come out of the coop yet this morning. She’s been pretty bald on top with her feathers for a while now (along with one other hen), but since everything else was pretty normal up to this point, I thought it was summer molting and maybe some pecking? (The other hen who’s a bit bald has also had a bulging crop that I’ve been concerned about, but it empties some overnight, doesn’t feel hard, and she’s still laying and being totally normal otherwise?)
I checked her vent, and it’s not blocked, but she did have a bit of poo on her bum, but nothing too extreme.
She was also laying (I think!) just the day before, so I’m hoping whatever is going on isn’t too serious yet and I can prevent it from getting worse.
(Will attach poo pics for reference as soon as I can get some!)
I’m so concerned and I’m not sure what to do! First-time chicken mom here!
She started being lethargic yesterday and her poop was a deep green with some white. She roosted for a while in the chicken run, and when the other girls started picking on her, I separated her into a large dog crate outside the run. In the crate, I gave her some oatmeal and corn and crushed up grapes, and she did great eating the corn and some of the oats, as well as a few of the seed treats I mixed in with a plate of regular chicken food for her.
She sat on the crate bottom/ground rather than the roost bar I added for her, and she looked so tired (poor thing!
). She kept falling asleep but waking herself up when her head would droop. In the evening I tried putting her back in the coop a bit early so she could put herself to bed, and instead she came back out, super wobbly then, and the other girls pecked at her some more. I ended up holding her for a while until the other girls went to bed, and she slept the whole time—she was so tired—then I set her in the coop for bed.
Her crop felt pretty normal when I put her to bed, and she hasn’t come out of the coop yet this morning. She’s been pretty bald on top with her feathers for a while now (along with one other hen), but since everything else was pretty normal up to this point, I thought it was summer molting and maybe some pecking? (The other hen who’s a bit bald has also had a bulging crop that I’ve been concerned about, but it empties some overnight, doesn’t feel hard, and she’s still laying and being totally normal otherwise?)
I checked her vent, and it’s not blocked, but she did have a bit of poo on her bum, but nothing too extreme.
She was also laying (I think!) just the day before, so I’m hoping whatever is going on isn’t too serious yet and I can prevent it from getting worse.
(Will attach poo pics for reference as soon as I can get some!)
I’m so concerned and I’m not sure what to do! First-time chicken mom here!
