Sick Hen??

[aldolinosovaon]

I have a small 5 hen flock that will soon have eight more room mates and one of my hens has been acting rather strange lately. For the past couple months she has been having very watery poop and lately she has been really sicluding herself and not been herself lately for example usually her and her best friend dust bathe together but lately she hasn't been. She is almost a year old and we haven't had any dieses in the flock yet so could there be something wrong or is it completely normal?

 

[azygous]

Behavior is one of the best ways to gauge if a chicken is sick or well. Self isolation is one of the most common behaviors of a sick chicken. Watery poop is another symptom.

But all these can do is tell us she's sick. We still can't know what's making her sick. If this has been going on for a couple of months, it may be a chronic infection or it could be cancer.

You can try giving her an antibiotic and see if it helps. This is a good one. https://www.kvsupply.com/item/aqua-mox-250mg-capsules-100-count/P06184/ One per day for ten days directly into her beak.