Hello!
I need your experience. I have a 2 year old hen who has been lethargic and stopped laying about a week ago. She doesn’t have a runny nose, watery eyes, nor is she sneezing. Breathing just fine. No runny poop, as a matter of fact, barely poops because she’s not eating much. She does tend to wobble a bit when she does walk. She does leave the coop and joins the other girls but mainly sits all day puffed up. Her comb still has some color but not as bright red as it usually is but not pale either. Other 2 girls are just fine and do not share any symptoms.
We did a soak the first day to see if she was egg bound, and nothing. We checked her over for mites and didn’t see anything. We checked her for bumble foot (because of the was she would stumble some times), nothing. Took what little poop she did make to a fecal float test and came back negative for parasites. Her beak was a bit over grown and we trimmed it back so she could eat better, still little interest in food. I’ve added Rooster Booster vitamins to the water (she is drinking) and alternate after a couple days with electrolytes and probiotics.
She doesn’t match symptoms of egg peritonitis or and common viral issue like mycoplasma. I’m at a loss. Would anyone have some insights to what I may be missing? When I talked to the vet clinic it was common advise like add ACV or do a broad spectrum dewormer, but I don’t want to deworm just to deworm, especially if the tests came back negative.
Any guidance is appreciated.
I need your experience. I have a 2 year old hen who has been lethargic and stopped laying about a week ago. She doesn’t have a runny nose, watery eyes, nor is she sneezing. Breathing just fine. No runny poop, as a matter of fact, barely poops because she’s not eating much. She does tend to wobble a bit when she does walk. She does leave the coop and joins the other girls but mainly sits all day puffed up. Her comb still has some color but not as bright red as it usually is but not pale either. Other 2 girls are just fine and do not share any symptoms.
We did a soak the first day to see if she was egg bound, and nothing. We checked her over for mites and didn’t see anything. We checked her for bumble foot (because of the was she would stumble some times), nothing. Took what little poop she did make to a fecal float test and came back negative for parasites. Her beak was a bit over grown and we trimmed it back so she could eat better, still little interest in food. I’ve added Rooster Booster vitamins to the water (she is drinking) and alternate after a couple days with electrolytes and probiotics.
She doesn’t match symptoms of egg peritonitis or and common viral issue like mycoplasma. I’m at a loss. Would anyone have some insights to what I may be missing? When I talked to the vet clinic it was common advise like add ACV or do a broad spectrum dewormer, but I don’t want to deworm just to deworm, especially if the tests came back negative.
Any guidance is appreciated.
