Sick Chicken w Pics, I've no idea what's wrong

[Noreaster Egger]

I have to read more about this molting business. Other than the when their first adult feathers came in, our girls have not molted. They dropped some feathers here & there but haven't gotten 'ratty' looking at all. I did read something that suggested heavy laying hens don't molt as profusely as other breeds and I'm attributing it that, for now, lol. We put up clear shower curtains, all around the our run area, to act as windbreaks & they're working really well, so far. We haven't had a major windstorm yet though. Even if they do get torn up (due to a storm), they're inexpensive enough that we can easily pick up more and replace as needed.

Sorry you lost a chickie. Was the leghorn attacked?

Our leghorns are still laying an egg a day, but are younger than yours, maybe that's why...? I've been wondering if ours will slow down on their winter laying, or not. I wouldn't mind, we're sitting on 6 doz eggs, lol. We can't eat or give them away fast enough. I had no idea we would get so many eggs.

It's been down to 11F a few mornings here & we've had snow on the ground a couple times as well. However, today it's supposed to get into the high 50's, possibly even 60 though. Crazy warm for this time of year.

Hope you have a great day

The leghorn we lost laid a tiny egg and then stopped laying altogether. We went up her vent to check for an egg, gave her magnesium salt soaks, Ca/D3 pills, etc and no luck. She passed a medium sized egg after a week or so, but then was back to not laying the penguin stance. Her comb started turning pale and flopped over and the day before she died she started acting like she was overheated despite cool weather. My guess was egg yolk peritonitis.

The other leghorn laid again today. She was probably on a streak of 355-360 eggs over the previous 365 days before she slowed down. I love those birds, but those production leggies just aren’t meant for a long, healthy life. I actually wouldn’t mind a non-production version of them in my flock...if I could find them anywhere.

Where are you from?

 

[OG Anomaly]

The leghorn we lost laid a tiny egg and then stopped laying altogether. We went up her vent to check for an egg, gave her magnesium salt soaks, Ca/D3 pills, etc and no luck. She passed a medium sized egg after a week or so, but then was back to not laying the penguin stance. Her comb started turning pale and flopped over and the day before she died she started acting like she was overheated despite cool weather. My guess was egg yolk peritonitis.

The other leghorn laid again today. She was probably on a streak of 355-360 eggs over the previous 365 days before she slowed down. I love those birds, but those production leggies just aren’t meant for a long, healthy life. I actually wouldn’t mind a non-production version of them in my flock...if I could find them anywhere.

Where are you from?

Aww, poor thing, sounds like you did your best, sorry you lost her.

I'm from a small town S of Buffalo, NY. Not as far North as you but we are in a small valley right in the snowbelt and the temps get dramtatically low...if that makes sense, lol

 

[Noreaster Egger]

Aww, poor thing, sounds like you did your best, sorry you lost her.

I'm from a small town S of Buffalo, NY. Not as far North as you but we are in a small valley right in the snowbelt and the temps get dramtatically low...if that makes sense, lol

I'm a meteorologist so it makes perfect sense.

We get good radiational cooling here, but I'm on a hill so it's slightly less than down in the river valley a couple hundred feet below. Cold air damming is what we really do well. Those warmups coming from the SW just can't push the cold air out of here in the foothills east of the mountains. We end up wedged in with clouds, cold, and precip until the cold front arrives. Often our cold fronts act as warm fronts since they mix the atmosphere out and bring a little sun. Hope your chicken is continuing to do better.

 

[Sara Ranch]

*hugs*

 

[OG Anomaly]

I'm a meteorologist so it makes perfect sense.

We get good radiational cooling here, but I'm on a hill so it's slightly less than down in the river valley a couple hundred feet below. Cold air damming is what we really do well. Those warmups coming from the SW just can't push the cold air out of here in the foothills east of the mountains. We end up wedged in with clouds, cold, and precip until the cold front arrives. Often our cold fronts act as warm fronts since they mix the atmosphere out and bring a little sun. Hope your chicken is continuing to do better.

Oh, how interesting!
Our winds shift much more than they used to and we have much stronger winds than ever. I been living in the same home & area for most of my life and we never used to have a problem with wind. You could drive a quarter mile up the hill and have problems, but not down here. Just today we had a metal wheelbarrow, that was leaning against the house, and an open 6' step ladder get blown over! The ladder was also aluminum, but the wheelbarrow? Have you noticed anything like that in your area?

 

[OG Anomaly]

I'm a meteorologist so it makes perfect sense.

We get good radiational cooling here, but I'm on a hill so it's slightly less than down in the river valley a couple hundred feet below. Cold air damming is what we really do well. Those warmups coming from the SW just can't push the cold air out of here in the foothills east of the mountains. We end up wedged in with clouds, cold, and precip until the cold front arrives. Often our cold fronts act as warm fronts since they mix the atmosphere out and bring a little sun. Hope your chicken is continuing to do better.

And yes, the chicken has been doing fine! Poop is fine and, as far as I know, no soft eggs