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PennyM16
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I haven’t yet but will in the next few days.Were you able to get some poultry vitamins that have Vitamin E and B1? Poultry Cell or Poultry Nutri-Drench would be good to use. If you can't get those, you can use human vitamins. 400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 tablet B-Complex.
The vitamin suggestion is just not to give her a boost, the E, B1 are to see if they will help her neck too.
It's very hard to know if she is suffering from poor care or if she is having neurological symptoms as well. Vitamin therapy is about the only thing you can try unless you can see a vet.
The green in the poop is likely because she had not eaten in several days. The yellow colored urates are concerning, but lets hope that improves as she gets stronger.
I would give her chick starter as her main source of nutrition. You can give her a little egg as a treat.
Can she see o.k.? Is she able to open her eyes?
The feather loss/damage looks like it's from the others pecking at her. She's got some new growth coming in. If there are no weeping or pus filled wounds, I think she will be fine with that.
I’m not sure how well her vision is. She doesn’t blink if I fake-poke her eye(like not actually touch her eye) I’m not sure if chickens do that the same way as other animals though. She does keep her eyes closed a lot of the time but does open them periodically. I’m not sure if that’s just because she’s still really weak and fatigued from not eating or drinking