Sick Chicken - What is wrong? - Help!

[Eggcessive]

You are welcome. Here are a couple of good articles about moting with pictures that you might be interested in reading:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/molting-what-is-it-and-how-to-help/

https://www.nutrenaworld.com/blog/the-molting-process

 

[Chicken Lover!]

You are welcome. Here are a couple of good articles about moting with pictures that you might be interested in reading:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/molting-what-is-it-and-how-to-help/

https://www.nutrenaworld.com/blog/the-molting-process

Thank you so much

 

[Chicken Lover!]

Here are some photos of her - sorry about the bad quality. She's the black feathered one - you can see the difference in her comb and feathers how sick/different she is looking compared to my other one.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Looks like she is molting - see those little spikey "things" on her neck? If you take a closer look at her, you should find that those are new feathers coming in.
Molting is hard on them - some seem to really feel droopy during this time. Give her extra protein and I also like to give mine poultry vitamins a couple of days a week during molt.

The comb even shrink a bit more. It will be pale - this indicates she is not in lay - most hens stop laying eggs during molt too.
It never hurts to looks her over for lice/mites and to observe her more closely to make sure she's eating and drinking something.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/feather-molt-an-in-depth-look-at-molting.74666/

 

[Chicken Lover!]

Looks like she is molting - see those little spikey "things" on her neck? If you take a closer look at her, you should find that those are new feathers coming in.
Molting is hard on them - some seem to really feel droopy during this time. Give her extra protein and I also like to give mine poultry vitamins a couple of days a week during molt.

The comb even shrink a bit more. It will be pale - this indicates she is not in lay - most hens stop laying eggs during molt too.
It never hurts to looks her over for lice/mites and to observe her more closely to make sure she's eating and drinking something.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/feather-molt-an-in-depth-look-at-molting.74666/
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Thank you so so much for your help, I appreciate it so much.

Can you purchase poultry vitamins just from the local pet store?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so so much for your help, I appreciate it so much.

Can you purchase poultry vitamins just from the local pet store?

You are in Australia?
Check with your feed store, they may have them in pet stores, I'm just not sure.
I do know that a lot of people in the UK order Nettex Nutri-Drops which is similar to Poultry Nutri-Drench that we buy here in the US.

 

[Chicken Lover!]

Yes, I am.

Thank you for your help once again!!