Sick chicken unknown cause

ShellBee123

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A second hen of mine has become ill, both cases are a month apart so I didn’t think it was contagious until now. Symptoms include lethargy, falling over to one side, lack of appetite, tail pointing down, and runny poops sticking to her fluff. They are (were) both my older hens, about 3 or 4 years old (we ended up culling the first one after her condition didn’t improve). They don’t appear to be egg bound, that was my initial thought, but no hard lumps or anything that I noticed, but they both seem like they’ve lost weight.

Things I’ve done: isolation, vitamins and probiotics in water, dewormer, and epsom salt baths.
 
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I’m also very sorry for your losses. And apologies no one got to you sooner. What type of hens were these? When was the last time these hens laid? How do their bellies (below vent, right between their legs) feel in comparison to your other hens? Was there any odd egg laying behavior prior to them getting sick? Such as sitting on the nest for a long time without laying, cracked and mended eggs, abnormally shaped eggs?

Sorry so many questions. How are your other chickens doing?
 

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