Sick chicken – need advice!

[SaraBrook]

Our chicken is acting very sick and has a yellow face and closed eyes. Any ideas on how to help her? Photo attached:

 

[Eggcessive]

How old is she and how long has she been acting sick? Can you get her some electrolytes and water with a small cup up to her beak. If you have something like Poultry NutriDrench give her 2 ml slowly. Is her skin and comb dry and flakey? Has she been laying eggs recently? Has she lost weight in her breast, or does her lower belly feel full and bloated? How does her crop feel—empty or full, hard or puffy? Yellow skin can be paleness, but it also could be liver failure.

 

[ellenscoop]

You really need to get her to see a vet as soon as you can. She is very sick. Here is a directory of vets who see chickens - http://www.poultrydvm.com/poultry-vets.php

 

[Eggcessive]

How is your hen this evening? Is she responding at all?

 

[SaraBrook]

How old is she and how long has she been acting sick? Can you get her some electrolytes and water with a small cup up to her beak. If you have something like Poultry NutriDrench give her 2 ml slowly. Is her skin and comb dry and flakey? Has she been laying eggs recently? Has she lost weight in her breast, or does her lower belly feel full and bloated? How does her crop feel—empty or full, hard or puffy? Yellow skin can be paleness, but it also could be liver failure.

Hi! Thanks for writing. I just noticed her acting strangely today and staying on the other side of the yard from the rest of the flock. I put her in a clean dog crate with food and water and a heat lamp and thought I might try to treat her for mites tomorrow in case that’s it but I really have no idea. I not sure if she’s even laying yet so I don’t know about eggs but she is eating a little. Her Skin does seem pretty dry. She’s very young and has seemed healthy til now...

 

[SaraBrook]

Our chicken is acting very sick and has a yellow face and closed eyes. Any ideas on how to help her? Photo attached:

Also I will get some electrolytes tomorrow- thanks!

 

[SaraBrook]

Hi! Thanks for writing. I just noticed her acting strangely today and staying on the other side of the yard from the rest of the flock. I put her in a clean dog crate with food and water and a heat lamp and thought I might try to treat her for mites tomorrow in case that’s it but I really have no idea. I not sure if she’s even laying yet so I don’t know about eggs but she is eating a little. Her Skin does seem pretty dry. She’s very young and has seemed healthy til now...

This morning I noticed that she is having diarrhea but her face seems much less yellow and more red and normal looking so I think that’s a good sign. She is eating but seems very light and her crop is not full.

 

[Waves]

How is you hen?

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you post pictures of the droppings? Is she taking the electrolytes and water? How is she this evening?

 

[SaraBrook]

Sure - I’ll take some tomorrow. I did look at a chicken poop chart and there isn’t any blood or anything. It’s actually starting to solidify a little bit as of tonight and looking more normal. There is a ton of it all over her we are feathers, but I looked at her vent and it looks fairly normal. I saw what I thought might be lice on her neck so I sprayed her with some anti-lice and mite treatment maybe that will help? We bought her recently so maybe she came with them, not sure. She still seems very very skinny and I can hardly feel a crop at all. She seems very weak as well and doesn’t resist when I am treating her or picking her up at all so that makes me nervous. I’m wondering if I should try some sort of antibiotic or something? I’ve been giving her homemade electrolytes because they were out of them at the store so I followed a recipe I found online. I also gave her a little plain yogurt mixed with oats. Thanks for any advice! I would love to help her pull through this.