Southwestchickens
In the Brooder
- Feb 6, 2022
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Over a week ago my hen started acting wierd. Self isolating, staring at the shed wall, slow moving, not recating to much, let me pick her up which she never does, eating less, drinking less, hasn't laid in weeks (but all my others have been molting so egg produciotns been all over the place), she has not molted her feathers are shiny and look super healthy, her comb was frost bitten and it was bleeding one monirng so I rubbed antiseptic on it and it scabbed over, now its flopped over and a little damaged at the edges but still red, shes laying down, drooping head and tail. Today she suddendly got way worse and I think she might die soon. I have no idea why this has happned, as I haven't changed anything and its been cold like this for a month already. I checked her vent and I couldnt feel an egg, so I dont think shes egg bound. Her poop is smaller than usual, runny and one poop was just water, slightly brown, the other had a tiny dark green bit. Please help! I would like to prevent this!
I copied the questions below from another post, so hopefully someone with more experience can assist.
How old is she? 1 year almost
How long was she broody? shes never been broody
Is she still broody? no
Is she raising chicks? no
Has she ever been wormed? no
What is your weather currently? below 0 at night and 20-40's during the day, all ohter 13 chickens are fine and heater in coop
Is she still confined? yes, isolated her this morning
Or has she been free ranging? we have a 20 by 20 fenced in yard where she roams
What do you feed her? I feed her layer feed from a local feed store, made by a man who knows a lot about chickens, she gets meal worms as treats and veggies
Does she get grit? yes plenty
Have you checked her crop? yes, feels empty
I copied the questions below from another post, so hopefully someone with more experience can assist.
How old is she? 1 year almost
How long was she broody? shes never been broody
Is she still broody? no
Is she raising chicks? no
Has she ever been wormed? no
What is your weather currently? below 0 at night and 20-40's during the day, all ohter 13 chickens are fine and heater in coop
Is she still confined? yes, isolated her this morning
Or has she been free ranging? we have a 20 by 20 fenced in yard where she roams
What do you feed her? I feed her layer feed from a local feed store, made by a man who knows a lot about chickens, she gets meal worms as treats and veggies
Does she get grit? yes plenty
Have you checked her crop? yes, feels empty